13 years with the Mumbai team!!

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 Kieron pollard said bye to indian Premier League (IPL). But he will continue as the batting coach of mumbai Indians. It seems that the management has decided to use his services as he has been representing the same franchise for a record 13 years. With this, pollard got the post of batting coach. While Pollard's role was the most important in mumbai winning the title five times. But his form has been bad for two years. He performed very poorly last year.

Pollard's association with mumbai Indians started in 2010. But last year Mumbai's name faded due to poor performance as a team. Arguments have been heard that mumbai has been punished enough for retaining pollard and not the talented all-rounder hardik Pandya. Due to this, mumbai released pollard this time. But the Pollard-Mumbai connection will continue in another form. He serves as batting coach for mumbai Indians in uae League ILT20. 

The mumbai Indians management decided to leave pollard in the auction for the next season. But pollard did not give that chance to the management and left himself. He revealed this on social media. Although he wanted to play for a few more days, he said that he took this decision because he was not in a position to play with mumbai Indians. He said that he will serve the team as the batting coach of mumbai Indians. IPL's career was with mumbai Pollard's career in IPL was with mumbai Indians. This is rare in the league. Only kohli and dhoni could play like this for Bengaluru. 


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