Kieron Pollard Becomes First Cricketer To Play 500 T20 Matches

Mar 4, 2020 at 9:08 PM

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Kieron Pollard Becomes First Cricketer To Play 500 T20 Matches

On Wednesday (4th March), during the first game of the two-match T20I series against the hosts Sri Lanka, West Indies limited-overs captain, Kieron Pollard created history. He became the first cricketer to play 500 T20s.

They were playing the opening T20I of this series at Pallekele. Leading the Caribbean side, Kieron Pollard played his 500th game in T20 career. The 32-year-old all-rounder became the first cricketer to reach this milestone.

Another Caribbean cricketer Dwayne Bravo is in the next place in the list of most T20s in career. The 36-year-old all-rounder also played in this Pallekele T20I and it was his 454th T20 match. Chris Gayle, the another West Indies cricketer, is the only other man who has played 400+ T20 matches as the aggressive opening batsman has played 404 matches in T20 career.

Top five most-capped player in T20 cricket history

Player Matches
Kieron Pollard 500
Dwayne Bravo 454
Chris Gayle 404
Shoaib Malik 382
Brendon McCullum 370

(Updated till 4th March 2020)

Kieron Pollard has played for 17 different T20 sides

Since his debut in T20 cricket in 2006, Kieron Pollard has become a busy player in this shortest format. Apart from playing international cricket for West Indies, Pollard also features in many global T20 leagues. The tall all-rounder is a very familiar face in many T20 tournaments in the world.

Kieron Pollard, 500 T20s
Kieron Pollard (Image Credit: Google)

In his T20 career, Pollard has already served for 17 different teams, including the international side West Indies. However, he has played 100+ matches only for the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians (MI). The all-rounder has played 170 T20s for MI and he will again play for this team in the upcoming IPL 2020.

Kieron Pollard’s total T20 matches for every team

Team Matches played
Adelaide Strikers 18
Barbados Tridents 49
Cape Cobras 24
Dhaka Platoon 24
Dhaka Gladiators 12
Karachi Kings 10
Melbourne Renegades 4
Multan Sultans 10
Mumbai Indians 170
Peshawar Zalmi 13
Somerset 28
South Australia 10
St Lucia Stars 9
Stanford Superstars 3
Trinbago Knight Riders 12
Trinidad & Tobago 32
West Indies 72

(Updated till 4th March 2020)

Kieron Pollard is also most-capped T20I player for West Indies

Kieron Pollard, 500 T20s
Kieron Pollard (Image Credit: Google)

Also, this Pallekele T20I was Pollard’s 72nd T20I match for West Indies. With this match, Pollard became the most capped T20I player for West Indies. He surpassed Denesh Ramdin in this list who has played 71 T20Is for this team. Also, Dwayne Bravo has played 70 T20Is for West Indies after including the latest Pallekele T20I.

Top five most-capped T20I players for West Indies

Player Matches
Kieron Pollard 72
Denesh Ramdin 71
Dwayne Bravo 70
Marlon Samuels 67
Darren Sammy 66

(Updated till 4th March 2020)

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