<p>"I am very, very, very, very hungry to make it big as a West Indian cricketer. I am passionate about it. But I can tell you it is not for want of effort," Pollard said.<br /><br />Pollard has 726 runs from 40 matches at 20.16 average in one-dayers which has led West Indian great Michael Holding to state that he is not yet fit to be an international cricketer.<br />"People can have their own opinion and express it. It's like if I feel saying something I would do so. They are entitled to do so. I can only try my best," retorted Pollard.<br /><br />Pollard has not quite clicked in the ongoing one-day series against India. In the second one-dayer, he played wildly to get out off his third ball with West Indies poised for a big total.<br /><br />"To you people outside it might have appeared as it was wild. But those deliveries were in my arc and demanded I play shot," he explained.<br /><br />"When you get out it looks silly. What I was trying to do was to push to score to 270-odd from the remaining overs," Pollard asserted.<br /><br />"On hindsight, yes, I could have taken my time to settle down. I could have taken couple of overs to settle down. But it was powerplay and I wanted to push the scoring." Pollard has a lot of experience of Indian players due to IPL and said he was trying to pass on the best of knowledge he could inside his own dressing room.<br /><br />"You try telling about these Dwayne Bravo did likewise in the Twenty20 game," he said.<br />Despite West Indies' poor show so far, Pollard has seen encouraging signs in how West Indian batters have begun to handle spin bowling.<br /><br />"The signs of improvement were there in the second one-day international. Amit Mishra took only one wicket in his first eight overs. But he is a good bowler and you need to watch out for him," he said.</p>
<p>"I am very, very, very, very hungry to make it big as a West Indian cricketer. I am passionate about it. But I can tell you it is not for want of effort," Pollard said.<br /><br />Pollard has 726 runs from 40 matches at 20.16 average in one-dayers which has led West Indian great Michael Holding to state that he is not yet fit to be an international cricketer.<br />"People can have their own opinion and express it. It's like if I feel saying something I would do so. They are entitled to do so. I can only try my best," retorted Pollard.<br /><br />Pollard has not quite clicked in the ongoing one-day series against India. In the second one-dayer, he played wildly to get out off his third ball with West Indies poised for a big total.<br /><br />"To you people outside it might have appeared as it was wild. But those deliveries were in my arc and demanded I play shot," he explained.<br /><br />"When you get out it looks silly. What I was trying to do was to push to score to 270-odd from the remaining overs," Pollard asserted.<br /><br />"On hindsight, yes, I could have taken my time to settle down. I could have taken couple of overs to settle down. But it was powerplay and I wanted to push the scoring." Pollard has a lot of experience of Indian players due to IPL and said he was trying to pass on the best of knowledge he could inside his own dressing room.<br /><br />"You try telling about these Dwayne Bravo did likewise in the Twenty20 game," he said.<br />Despite West Indies' poor show so far, Pollard has seen encouraging signs in how West Indian batters have begun to handle spin bowling.<br /><br />"The signs of improvement were there in the second one-day international. Amit Mishra took only one wicket in his first eight overs. But he is a good bowler and you need to watch out for him," he said.</p>