Kieron Pollard leads Irfan Pathan’s IPL team

However, there were no players from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders or Chennai Super Kings. He named Kings XI Punjab’s captain KL Rahul and DC’s Shikhar Dhawan as his openers.

Hyderabad: Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan named Kieron Pollard as his IPL XI team that was studded with super stars. Speaking during a show on Star Sports, the southpaw picked his team.

However, there were no players from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders or Chennai Super Kings. He named Kings XI Punjab’s captain KL Rahul and DC’s Shikhar Dhawan as his openers. “KL Rahul for sure and, along with him, Shikhar Dhawan as openers. I cannot include David Warner as we can have only 4 overseas players,” Pathan said.

He then picked up MI’s Suryakumar Yadav at 3 and AB de Villiers at No.4. “AB de Villiers – his strike rate was very good this year as well. You expect him to score a lot of runs, but this year as well, he won RCB matches; you remember the match against Rajasthan Royals where they (RCB) needed 35 runs in two overs, and he won the match from there. Apart from that also, he played some wonderful knocks,” he added. “I will have Kieron Pollard to bat at No.5, and he will also be the captain of my team. I had the option of Hardik, but he is not bowling and Pollard will give me the bowling as well as captaincy. He is an amazing fielder, so I will get a three-dimensional player,” added Pathan.

Jasprit Bumrah, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Shami along with spinners Rahul Tewatia, Yuzvendra Chahal and all-rounder Marcus Stonis completes his lineup.

Team: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav, AB de Villiers, Kieron Pollard (C), Marcus Stoinis, Rahul Tewatia, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.