Best West Indies batsmen: Top three West Indian batsmen to watch out for in first T20I vs India

3) Kieron Pollard – It comes as a source of amazement that senior West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard will be playing only his second T20I series since July 2017. Given the T20 legend that he is, Pollard playing only 59 T20Is in his 11-year long career is astonishing.

Kieron Pollard In IPL

2013 : 275+ runs
2015 : 275+ runs
2017 : 275+ runs
2019 : 275+ runs.

All 4 times Champions.

Rest seasons he failed to score 275 & Couldn’t win Trophy

— Merin Kumar ™ (@merin_kumar) May 12, 2019

However, now when he is in the West Indies squad, let us focus on what he brings to the table. First of all, the 32-year old all-rounder will bring an experience of 475 T20s (most for any cricketer) alongside him. Having scored 9,316 runs at an average of 30.05 and a strike rate of 150.47 including a century and 46 half-centuries, Pollard is the third-highest run-scorer in the format.

Slated to bat in the middle-order, Pollard is likely to play the role of a finisher for West Indies. Having successfully finished matches for several T20 leagues over the years, West Indies will be banking on Pollard for replicate a similar performance for them tonight and throughout the series.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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