West Indies’ legendary all-rounder Kieron Pollard will help England in the T20 World Cup 2024. He has been appointed assistant coach of England for this tournament. Having Pollard in the coaching staff will help the England team to take better advantage of the local conditions.
Actually, the next T20 World Cup is to be held in West Indies and America only. In such a situation, England had to give place to a T20 specialist in its coaching staff who has expertise in the local conditions here. There could not have been a better T20 specialist than Kieron Pollard at the moment.
Big players of T20
Pollard was a part of the West Indies team that won the T20 World Cup in 2012. He has also captained the West Indies team in the T20 World Cup 2021. He played a total of 101 T20 Internationals for the Windies. He has retired from international cricket but is still seen trying his hand in franchise cricket.
Pollard recently made New York Strikers champion in the Abu Dhabi T10 League under his captaincy. He took his team Trinbago Knight Riders to the final of the Caribbean Premier League 2023. He also captains Mumbai Indians Emirates in the International League T20. Along with this, he is also the batting coach of Mumbai Indians in IPL.
England team is flopping in T20 and ODI
The England team will enter as defending champion in the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by West Indies and America. T20 champions England are currently flopping in both formats of white ball cricket. In the World Cup 2023, it could win only 3 out of its 9 matches. Somehow she was able to qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025. Recently, it has also faced defeat in the ODI and T20 series against West Indies.
When will T20 World Cup 2024 be played?
The next T20 World Cup will be played right after IPL 2024. This tournament is to be held between 4th and 30th June. During this period, all the matches will be played at seven Caribbean and three American venues.