5 Cricketers who became unexpected captains
Unlike other sports, the role of captain becomes even more pivotal and holds more significance than a coach as most decisions on the field are taken instinctively.
5. Kieron Pollard
Last on the list and the latest member to be added here is Kieron Pollard. Following a disappointing performance at the World Cup and thereafter a complete whitewash against India, Kieron Pollard replaced Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite as skippers of ODI and T20I teams.
Incidentally, the current CWI administration, led by Ricky Skerritt, had resuscitated Pollard’s career, which seemed to have gone off the rails under the previous board administration led by Dave Cameron. The differences between Cameron’s administration and some of the senior players, including Pollard and former West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo, formed part of a sorry chapter in West Indies cricket. The two players were not included in the 2015 World Cup and were kept out after that too, forcing Bravo to retire in 2017.
However, with Pollard, 32, this remains to be seen if he can serve West Indies cricket for long. From 1975 to today – West Indies cricket has been on the downslide. In the current situation, the management needs someone as flamboyant as Pollard to get things back on track. Pollard’s first captaincy assignment will be against Afghanistan and that too in Indian conditions – which can be termed as a feather on the platter.
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