T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies Legend Keiron Pollard Joins England as Batting Consultant For Marquee Event
Barbados: The T20 World Cup 2024 is taking place on West Indies Soil. The England cricket team has appointed West Indies legend Keiron Pollard as a batting consultant for the T20 World Cup 2024. The English team hired Pollard to seek his guidance for assessing the local conditions, and on 2 June, the Caribbean legend was seen at the team’s Training session.
The 36 year old batter has played 101 T20Is for the West Indies. Pollard was also part of the T20 World Cup 2012 winning West Indies team. Pollard has made appearances in 654 T20 matches in his career. In this World Cup, he has taken up the role of batting consultant for the English team to provide them insights into local conditions.
Kieron Pollard has joined England as batting consultant for the T20 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/qrgjzxr7E3
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 2, 2024
Previously, Pollard served as a batting coach for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League. ECB’s main motive to bring Pollard into the T20I setup is to just utilize his experience of playing in the West Indies. Pollard has been the batting coach for Mumbai Indians since 2022 IPL edition, this is going to be the first time when Pollard is associated with any national team for a coaching job.
Before the marquee event, the English team defeated Pakistan in a bilateral T20I series by 2-0. The English team won the first and fourth T20I as the second and third T20I got washed out due to rain. England Skipper Jos Buttler was named as the Player of the series.
England will start their T20 World Cup campaign against Scotland at Kensington Oval in Barbados, on June 4. England is placed in Group B along with Australia, Oman, Namibia and Scotland. The English team will look forward to defending their crown as the current T20 World Champions.
