Kieron Pollard Won the T20 match in just 19 balls, and stunned Faf du Plessis' team.
Kieron Pollard. You must have heard the name. Pollard's power may not be visible in international cricket now. But, the buzz and resonance of his name remains in the corridors of T20 cricket. This echo was heard in the latest match played against St Lucia Kings on 10 September in CPL 2024. In this match, Kieron Pollard created havoc in just 19 balls to make Trinbago Knight Riders win. The mood of his innings was such that there were no fours in it. Whichever ball Pollard hit, it went for just 6 runs. The effect of this display of force by Pollard with the bat was that Trinbago Knight Riders defeated Faf du Plessis's team St Lucia Kings.
Kieron Pollard was not just a player but also the captain of Trinbago Knight Riders. In such a situation, his role was the most important. Pollard tried to show a glimpse of that in his game. St. Lucia Kings had no option to curb his rapid batting. This was the reason why he did not stop until his team Trinbago Knight Riders won. During this, he played 19 balls and created such havoc that everyone kept watching. Kieron Pollard scored an unbeaten 52 runs at a strike rate of 273.68, which included 7 sixes.
In the match, St. Lucia Kings batted first and scored 187 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Trinbago Knight Riders, chasing the target of 188 runs, achieved victory 5 balls earlier. Trinbago Knight Riders won this match by 4 wickets, whose hero was Kieron Pollard. Pollard created a stir with the ball as well before creating a storm with the bat, where he took 1 wicket for 22 runs.
A total of 30 sixes were hit in the match played between Trinbago Knight Riders and St. Lucia Kings, in which Kieron Pollard was the batsman who hit the most sixes, 7. Apart from him, his young team mate 21-year-old Paris scored 57 runs in 33 balls by hitting 6 sixes. A total of 17 sixes were hit by Trinbago Knight Riders. Whereas 13 sixes were hit by the St. Lucia Kings. This gap of sixes between the two teams was also a differencemaker in the match.