Five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) winners Mumbai Indians (MI) had a horrible time within the ongoing IPL 2022 as they completed backside of the desk within the league section with simply 4 wins from 14 video games.
One of the explanations behind MI’s horror run was the poor type of their veteran star Kieron Pollard. The West Indies big, who just lately introduced his worldwide retirement, had a disastrous season with the bat. In 11 matches, Polly may solely handle to attain 144 runs at a dreadful common of 14.40 and a strike fee of 107.46.
Now, for the following version of the cash-rich league, the larger query for the Mumbai-based franchise can be to determine whether or not they are going to retain the companies of Pollard or look for future prospects. Speaking about the identical, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra reckoned that MI can be probably to launch Pollard forward of the IPL 2023.
“I think we have seen the last of Kieron Pollard. ₹6 crores will be released if they don’t retain him. I think they can let Murugan Ashwin (₹1.6 crores) go as well. I am not sure about Jaydev Unadkat (₹1.3 crores), but they can definitely say bye bye to Tymal Mills (₹1.5 crores),” stated Chopra on his YouTube channel.
Notably, Pollard has performed 189 video games for MI, scoring 3,412 runs at a mean of 28.6, together with 16 fifties. The Trinidadian has additionally taken 69 wickets, having joined the franchise again in 2010. Further, he gained 5 IPL titles with MI, together with back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020.
