Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra said that the Mumbai Indians (MI) will drop Kieron Pollard from their playing XI for the rest of IPL 2022. However, Pollard managed just four runs off 14 deliveries in Friday’s (May 6) match against the Gujarat Titans (GT). However, they posted a fighting total of 177/6 and went on to win the match by five runs as well.
While reflecting on the Mumbai Indians’ batting on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: “Tilak Varma got run out but before that Kieron Pollard got out. That’s an interesting one, I feel Kieron Pollard will not play any further this year, that’s it, they won’t play him anymore because Dewald Brevis is sitting outside and Tim David is doing well.”
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Chopra continued: “Don’t know why they didn’t play a punt on Tim David earlier. They had kept this six-hitting machine sitting outside for a long time. Now they have remembered that they should play him and he has not disappointed them even once since they have played him, match-winning knocks coming at the end.”
Meanwhile, Tim David, who was dropped by Mumbai Indians after two failures at the beginning of the tournament, smashed an unbeaten 44 off 21 balls, including two fours and four sixes. He also applauded Ishan Kishan for giving the Mumbai Indians a flying start along with Rohit Sharma.
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“The start the openers gave – Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma – when Rohit plays like this, it seems life is so beautiful. When Rohit Sharma was in such form, how well he batted, I was absolutely gobsmacked. It is extremely enjoyable when we see Rohit bat like that. And this time even Ishan was there with him. The partnership was 74 runs in 7.3 overs, which means they went at double speed, they were batting like Quick Gun Murugan. There Rashid Khan came and picked up a wicket and Ishan Kishan fell prey to Alzarri Joseph. Suryakumar got out early, he fell prey to Sangwan,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
