Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder, Kieron Pollard is one of the cleanest strikers of the cricket ball for many years now but his struggles against spinners are well known. The West Indian batter during the game against Gujarat Titans (GT) was deceived by Rashid Khan as the spinner cleaned him up with an absolute beauty.
MI and GT locked horns with each other for the very first time in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After losing the toss, MI skipper Rohit Sharma started well as he scored a quickfire 48 to give his team a powerful start in the powerplay. But after his dismissal, MI failed to capitalize on the start that he provided them. Suryakumar Yadav who has been the man in form for Mumbai was dismissed for 11 from 13 balls which were followed by Ishan Kishan’s (45 off 29) dismissal as MI was left reeling at 111/3.
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Kieron Pollard who is one of the most dangerous batters in the middle-overs came out to bat after that and seemed absolutely clueless when Rashid Khan was bowling to him. The powerful West Indian was beaten on 4 consecutive deliveries of the 14th over by Rashid Khan after which he bamboozled Pollard and cleaned him up on the penultimate ball of the over giving him his second wicket.
Here is the video of the dismissal of Kieron Pollard:
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami
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Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, Riley Meredith
Here is how Twitter reacted:
What a delivery that was by @rashidkhan_19 🤩 to dismiss the big man @KieronPollard55 ! Our champ has 2 in his bag now 🔥#GTvsMI #IPL2022
— NuStart Sports (@NustartSports) May 6, 2022
Rashid Khan is a legend
— Azatullah Zaheer 💖 (@AZaheer_19) May 6, 2022
#GTvMI #IPL2022 I think Rashid khan can take pollard even bowling with eyes closed!Great bowling!!!
— ramki (@ramkis57) May 6, 2022
After playing a Match Saving innings of 4 off 14 balls Kieron
Pollard was Bowled Neck & Crop
By Rashid Khan who made him look like a Novice#MIvsGT#GTvsMI#MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/YZQIDfOI7y— MTvalluvan (@MTvalluvan) May 6, 2022
Rashid khan clean bowl very negative Kieron Pollard with a google pic.twitter.com/LirCs5g3hI
— CRICKETBITTS (@cricketbitts) May 6, 2022
#IPL Just watched the best over in international cricket after a long time. Rashid Khan makes a mockery of T20 hitter Pollard. Reinforcing to the youngsters that do not defend if you don't know how to.
— Vineet Jindal (@Vineet_Jindal) May 6, 2022
Rashid Khan not picking many wickets in this ipl .but today he took the best batsmans in the ipl .#Rohit and #pollard #Legend #IPL2022
— Anish Kumar Shahi (@AnishKumar1104) May 6, 2022
💥 This is Huge 💥
Rashid Khan clean bowled Kieron Pollard and MI now, 119-4(14.5)Full faced push from Pollard but thats a leggi and Radhid cleans up Pollard.#IPL #MIvGT
— Mr. X (@iamujjwalt) May 6, 2022
