By Prior Beharry
WEST Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard has resigned from international cricket.
He made the announcement on social media on Wednesday.
Pollard in a video on Instagram said, “After careful deliberation, I have today decided to retire from international cricket.”
He said, “As is the case of many young persons it was a dream of mine to represent the West Indies team from the time I was a boy of ten years and I’m proud to have represented West Indies cricket for over 15 years in both the T20 and ODI forms of the game.”
Pollard said, “I can still vividly remember making my international debut in 2007 under the leadership of my childhood hero, Brian Lara.
“Wearing those maroon colours and playing alongside such greats has been a privilege that I never took lightly, soul in every facet of the game – whether bowling, batting or fielding.”
He has played 123 One-day Internationals and 101 T20s for the West Indies.
Pollards has never played a Test match and made his ODI debut in April 2007 against South Africa and played his first T20 in maroon colours in 2008 versus Australia in Bridgetown in Barbados.
He is currently playing in the Indian Premier League for the Mumbai Indians.
His Trinbago Knight Rider (TKR) manager Colin Borde told AZP News that Pollard has had a great career.
Pollard is the captain of the TKR franchise in the Caribbean Premier League.
Borde said Pollard has given great service to West Indies Cricket when he came in 2007.
He said, “Has won two World Cups and has participated in about nine World Cups over the years.
Borde said, “He has given a lot to the region both for Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies.
He has been at the forefront of the expansion of white ball cricket around the globe and has been extremely successful.”
Borde said, “Above all, he has helped to teach and groom the younger generation on what it takes to be a professional both on and off the field.
“He is a serial winner and that attitude and attention to detail and will to succeed will certainly be missed in the West Indies set-up.
“At 35 years old he is still a young man with a bright future in any endeavour that he chooses.”
Borde said Pollard still has a long way to go and great contributions still to make in the great game of cricket.
He added, “Of greater importance, he is a good and kind young man who has helped many quietly.
“I look forward to his many great chapters ahead for Kieron.”
