IPL 2022: Kieron Pollard had a disappointing season for Mumbai Indians© BCCI/IPL
Five-time champions of the Indian Premier League Mumbai Indians had a season to forget as they finished bottom of the league table with just four wins out of a possible 14. As he analyzed MI’s season, former Indian batter Aakash Chopra said the five-time champions will have to release a number of players, including veteran all-rounder Kieron Pollard. In 14 games, Pollard scored just 144 runs at a poor average of 14.40, and was eventually dropped from the playing XI for the last three games of the season.
“I think we saw the last of Kieron Pollard. Rs 6 crore will be released if they don’t keep him. I think they can let Murugan Ashwin (Rs 1.6 crore) go too. I’m not sure about Jaydev Unadkat ( Rs 1.3 crore), but they can definitely say goodbye to Tymal Mills (Rs 1.5 crore),’ said Chopra in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel.
For the record, Pollard is one of the few players to have played in the IPL for just one franchise.
During his IPL career to date, Pollard played 189 games for MI, scoring 3,412 runs at an average of 28.6, 16 of which were in the 1950s. He has also taken 69 wickets, having joined the franchise in 2010.
He has also won five IPL titles with MI, including back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020.
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The 35-year-old also announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this year.
It will be interesting to see if Pollard will appear for MI next season or not.
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