Kieron Pollard’s approach towards life is very similar to his cricket - uncomplicated.
While cricketers across the world love to make right noises about how much they love playing Test cricket, the 26-year-old Mumbai Indians all-rounder is very practical about choices he has made and firmly stands by it.
“You make decisions in life. The point when I started playing top-level cricket to this day, T20 is the cricket that I have made my name in.
“I don’t have any regrets having played only 24 first-class matches till date. It is a business as well and I have to look after my family and live as well,” Pollard told PTI.
Apart from being a star performer for MI in IPL, Pollard has played for Somerset in England, Big Bash in Australia, Bangladesh Premier League and the Caribbean Premier League.
But does the tag of T20 freelancer hurt him? Pollard gave a pointed reply, “If people want to call me T20 freelancer, that’s their opinion. I can’t do anything about it. If I try to change everything, I will be trying to change the whole world. For me, it’s just a matter of what I am supposed to do and that is playing whatever format I get to play.”
The giant all-rounder felt that his stint with Mumbai Indians has made him a better cricketer.
“Four years with Mumbai Indians has been a learning experience for me. The best part is that players come and go in other teams but at Mumbai Indians, the core of the team has been same for the last four years. We have enjoyed each other’s success,” said Pollard, who has played 85 ODIs and 37 T20 Internationals for his country.
On the technical aspects, Pollard believed that he has become a better batsman against slow bowlers during his stint with Mumbai Indians.