Ever since he signed with MI in 2010, Pollard has been one of the marquee players of the franchise, having won them many games with his all-round performances. But the last season with MI was underwhelming for him. In 11 matches, he could score only 144 runs at an average of 14.40, with the highest score of 25. He hit these runs at a poor strike rate of 107.46. Also, he took only four wickets for his side in the tournament

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma lavished praise on batter Tilak Varma for his unbeaten knock which helped his team in registering a win against Chennai Super Kings.

Kolkata Feb 21 PTI They might have been handed a 0-3 clean sweep in the T20I series but West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard said his team shouldnt feel disgraced as the scoreline is not an indication of the fight put up by them during the three-match rubber against IndiaSuryakumar Yadav came up with an explosive 65 and was backed up by a spirited bowling effort by the seamers as West Indies fell short by 17 runs in their chase of 185 in the final T20I here on SundayYes we lost 3-0 but the guys put their hands up and gave a good account of themselves I dont think we should be disgraced by what has taken place Pollard said in the post-match virtual media interaction hereWe are not happy losing let me put that on record Its not like that at all We are trying to win cricket games West Indies had their best chance to level the series in the second T20I with Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran slamming explosive fifties in a 100-run partnershipBut India fought back with Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling a tight penultimate over as West Indies fell short by just eight runsIt just goes to show the fine line in International cricket between winning and losing and the margins for error -- when you are bowling or batting Pollard saidExecuting in the backend is something we need to work on From a bowling perspective for the first 15 overs of this game we had India right where we wanted them to beRight through the series it was just a matter of finishing off the games in the back-end From a batting perspective 157 180 178 and 170 167 we did fairly decently WI a work in progress The biggest positive for the West Indies have been the return to form of wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran who slammed three halfcenturies on the trot to be the top-run getter of the series with 184 runs at an average of 6133I thought it was a good series The guys put their hands up and gave a good account of themselves We are a work in progress and will get some time to think about things Pollard saidNicholas was outstanding He had the consistency we had asked for I dont want to take up the word consistency and take the word responsibility and make it sound like he has to do the job At the end of the day hes a young player and we want him to be consistentHes still learning his craft but he has what it takes to be a force to be reckoned with as a batter and as a leader in International cricket The skipper hailed offspinner Roston Chase who came as a forced change for an injured Jason Holder and finished the series as the top wicket taker -- six wickets at an average of 1033 -- ahead of Harshal Patel five wicketsChase played well for the team He came in and showed what he can do Even Sheldon Cottrell bowled very decently in the first two games All in all all the guys put up their hands he saidFabian Allen came back today You have to give the guys exposure as well You may never gonna get it right but you have to try different things to see what the guys have to offerWe are not chopping and changing for the sake of it The guys come in play their roles and then you go back and check if you played your role as an individual Thats about it as a team We have to give guys opportunities and we have to win as well he said Taking a leaf out of 360-degree Suryas book The Windies skipper was also full of praise for his Mumbai Indians teammate Suryakumar Yadav and said all his players should take a page out of Suryas bookWith the second highest run in the series Surya 107 runs at a strike rate of 19454 was adjudged the player of the series and also the player of the match in the third T20Surya is a world-class player I had the opportunity to play at Mumbai Indians with him since he first came in in 2011 Great to see he has grown a lot since then He is doing great things for himself and India as a 360-degree player All batters can take a page out of his book Pollard said PTI TAP ATK ATK

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 21 (ANI): West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard expressed disappointment after his side got thrashed by India in the third and final T20I here at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 18 (ANI): West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard expressed disappointment after his side got thrashed by India in the second T20I of the three-match series here at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Friday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 16 (ANI): West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard expressed disappointment after his side got thrashed by India in the first T20I of the three-match series here at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 16 (ANI): West Indies white-ball skipper Kieron Pollard has said star batter Shimron Hetmyer will make a comeback in the squad soon.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 15 (ANI): West Indies white-ball skipper Kieron Pollard on Tuesday admitted that the momentum is with Team India going into the T20I series but visitors have to look into the future to make plans for the upcoming games.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 6 (ANI): West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard feels the visitors need to get better with techniques if they want to win the ODI series against India.

Bridgetown [Barbados], January 31 (ANI): West Indies' white-ball skipper Kieron Pollard has said that every individual in the dressing room has rallied around and the win against England is a special one.