IND vs WI Series: Kieron Pollard says, 'looking forward to India series, playing against Rohit Sharma led team will be special' -

IND vs WI Series – Pollard vs Rohit Sharma: The West Indies cricket team has sensationally beaten England by 3-2 in T20 Series. Now the Kieron Pollard led team has set their sights on conquering India. According to Pollard, playing against Rohit Sharma led team will be exciting and very special for him – Follow India vs West Indies Tour LIVE Updates & IPL 2022 Updates with InsideSport.IN

“It was a great win against England. Now we will look forward to positive result during India tour. Playing against Rohit Sharma led Indian team will be really exciting & special”, said Pollard during press-conference after beating England.

Pollard vs Rohit Sharma: Pollard plays under Rohit Sharma in IPL for Mumbai Indians. Both of them have been retained by the team for IPL 2022. Mumbai Indians Retained Player List: Rohit Sharma (16 Cr), Jasprit Bumrah (12 Cr), Suryakumar Yadav (8 Cr) & Kieron Pollard (6 Cr)

Now before IPL 2022, both Rohit & Pollard will lead their respective teams during India vs West Indies Series.

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IND vs WI Series: Kieron Pollard says, ‘looking forward to India series, playing against Rohit Sharma led team will be special’

West Indies beat England – The series win over England featured a number of standout performances for the West Indies. The likes of Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, and some of the more commonly known names like Rovman Powell and Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder all putting together noteworthy performances.

Pollard feels West Indies can take cue from win against England & put it across India now.

“We have got some really good one-day players. We have unearthed some new talents in them during series against England. We are sure they will continue the good work in India” Pollard said of the team’s chances for the upcoming series.

WI Squad India Series: Shimron Hetmyer misses out again as West Indies name unchanged squad for T20I series

WI Squad India Series: Shimron Hetmyer is the biggest name absent from the T20I series against India as West Indies named a 16-man squad for the three-match T20 series. Keiron Pollard will lead the side. The T20 series will begin on February 15 in Kolkata.

Shiimron Hetmyer was not selected for the Ireland and England series after failing to meet Cricket West Indies’ fitness test. It is the third straight series where Hetmyer will miss out. The T20I squad will be the same that are playing against England in the five-match series.

West Indies squad IND: Shimron Hetmyer misses out again as West Indies name unchanged squad for T20I series

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IND vs WI Series: Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Rovman Powell and Kyle Mayers are the five additions to the squad while Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, Alzarri Joseph and Kemar Roach will leave after the ODI series.

“The team has been doing well in the Betway T20I Series against England in Barbados and we decided to stick with the same group of players. They have demonstrated great skill and fight and we expect the same kind of performances on the tour of India,” West Indies’ Lead Selector, Dr Desmond Haynes said.

WI T20 Squad India Series: Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (VC), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrell, Dominic Drakes, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh Jr

WI ODI Squad India Series Kieron Pollard (C), Fabian Allen, Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (VC), Kemar Roach, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Hayden Walsh Jr.

West Indies squad IND: Shimron Hetmyer misses out again as West Indies name 16-man squad for India T20 series

T20I Squad for West Indies Tour of India announced | More below: https://t.co/01IH5Cxu0c

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) January 29, 2022

IND vs WI Series: For India too, it will mark the beginning of preparations for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. As Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have been rested, they will test a different pace attack comprising Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will also get his last chance before being dropped.

India T20 squad WI Series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (Vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Mohd. Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel.

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