Kieron Pollard is famend for hitting towering sixes and the Windies cricketer has already smashed the longest six within the ongoing version of the Indian Premier League. In the 170 IPL matches the Mumbai Indians all-rounder has performed to date, Pollard has hit 203 sixes.
However, through the IPL conflict between Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals, a uncommon sight was witnessed as Pollard cheered for the ball to reach the boundary rope.
The incident passed off through the 18th over of the Mumbai innings, when a brief supply knocked Pollard’s helmet after which the ball rolled in direction of the effective-leg boundary area.
Here is the video:
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Pollard remained unbeaten on 16 off 8 balls as Mumbai accomplished the stiff 172-run chase in simply 18.3 overs. With this victory, Mumbai lastly returned to profitable methods after dealing with two powerful defeats of their earlier encounters. Quniton de Kock was distinctive within the contest as he scored fashionable 50-ball 70 and stitched a vital 63-run stand with Krunal Pandya for the third wicket.
The Rohit Sharma-led unit presently stand fourth on the eight-workforce factors desk with three wins from six encounters. They will subsequent lock horns with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.