Former West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard, who hung his boots from the Indian Premier League on Tuesday, left everybody in shock with the retirement resolution. The all-rounder was an integral a part of the Mumbai Indians as he gave quite a few excellent performances, over the previous 13 years. Pollard will now be taking on the function of the batting coach within the MI camp, ranging from IPL 2023. Seeing his compatriot bidding farewell to the cash-rich league, West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo penned down a heartfelt notice and congratulated Pollard on his improbable IPL profession.

Taking to Instagram, Bravo posted an image with Pollard and captioned it, “To my best friend, my teammate, opponent. 13 years ago, I had a very small part to play in introducing you to arguably one the most successful IPL teams @mumbaiindians. I saw you grow from a little boy from Maloney and then go to India to dominate the toughest T20 league. You became a household name around the world.”

“Lord, I salute you on a fantastic career wish you all the best in your next chapter as it’s a sad day for you and your fans but we also celebrate what you have achieved. I feel proud as your friend and to write this message @kieron.pollard55 #LORD #LEGEND #BIGLIP from the champion,” he added.

Pollard and Bravo are two of the most important stars of the shortest format of the game from West Indies. Both have represented numerous groups in T20 leagues everywhere in the world.

In 614 matches and 545 innings, Pollard has scored 11,915 runs at a median of 31.02. He has scored one century and 56 half-centuries in his 20-over profession. Besides this, he additionally has 309 wickets on this format.

Bravo has additionally performed 556 matches by which he has scored 6,894 runs at a median of twenty-two.82. He has 20 half-centuries within the format, with one of the best rating of 70*. The all-rounder additionally has 614 wickets within the T20 format, which is highest by any bowler.

Notably, Bravo was additionally launched by Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday forward of the IPL mini-auction on December 23.

Ever since he signed with MI in 2010, Pollard has been one of many marquee gamers of the franchise, having received them many video games along with his all-round performances. In 189 matches for the facet, Pollard has scored 3,412 runs at a median of 28.67, with 16 half-centuries beneath his belt. He has additionally taken 69 wickets for the five-time champions.

But the final season with MI was underwhelming for him. In 11 matches, he might rating solely 144 runs at a median of 14.40, with the best rating of 25. He hit these runs at a poor strike charge of 107.46. Also, he took solely 4 wickets for his facet within the match.

With ANI inputs

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