When Kieron Pollard walked into bat yesterday, he knew had a fight on his hands. The Mumbai Indians score read a dismal 4-7 from 2.4 overs and his West Indies compatriot, Samuel Badree was breathing fire, having picked up a hat-trick
Samuel Badree, Kieron Pollard
Samuel Badree
Bangalore: When Kieron Pollard walked into bat at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here yesterday, he knew had a fight on his hands. The Mumbai Indians score read a dismal 4-7 from 2.4 overs and his West Indies compatriot, Samuel Badree was breathing fire, having picked up a hat-trick.
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But then, these sort of situations are what bring the best out of the good men and that’s exactly what happened with Pollard playing one of the better innings of his long T20 career. "I just thought these are situations when champions are made. I thought of that and struck to my strength and hit it down the ground," said Pollard at his post-match interview. "It was a matter of watching what their bowlers were doing. We (Krunal Pandya and him) decided that if we get a six or four off every spinner’s over, we will get close," he added.
They did more than get close but spare a thought for Badree. Three wickets in the third over of the innings, one more with his last ball of the evening and surely he had done it for the team.
"It was a good Friday for me, but not a good one for the team," said Badree. The leggie, despite his heroics, was well aware that his batsmen hadn’t done enough.
"We had a good foundation first with Gayle and Virat and then AB. But we couldn’t score enough runs in the end. The pitch was a bit slow, But we needed upwards of 160 and 170. At one stage we looked set for that. But we came a bit undone with the bat."
Badree then turned to Pollard. "Credit to Pollard to carry his team the way he did. He got some balls in the arc and backed his strengths, which is down the ground. Like I said he batted with maturity. He showed a lot of guts and character and credit needs to be given to Krunal as well," said Badree.
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