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West Indian superstar Kieron Pollard has been named as the captain of the Trinbago Knight Riders ahead of the upcoming season of the Carribean Premier League. The Mumbai Indians player captained the franchise to a playoff finish last season.
Pollard takes the permanent reigns of captaincy from Dwayne Bravo, who led the Knight Riders to two titles in as many seasons in 2017 and 2018. Bravo was supposed to lead the side in last year’s edition, but was ruled out of the entire tournament due to an injury and was replaced by his longtime teammate Pollard.
“We are happy that Kieron who is the West Indies captain is our leader at TKR. The champion DJ Bravo has been coming to me year after year and asking me to give someone else the captaincy because he wants to just concentrate on playing and enjoying the game. I always told him not until I am ready and that time has come and he is very happy to play under Pollard”, said Vensky Mysore to T&T Guardian.
“They are great friends and they will both come together to give us the best chance at the CPL this year. Bravo said he has played under Pollard before and this will be the best thing at this time for all parties. Pollard was kind enough to accept the position to lead the team at the tournament. He said if we wanted him to do it he will and we said that we will be delighted to have him as captain again.”

Bravo will be the official vice-captain of the franchise which comprises international stars like Sunil Narine, Pravin Tambe, Lendl Simmons and Colin Munro.
“Both Bravo and Pollard have captained each other at the local and international level and so are very comfortable working together and sharing information. Both are extremely accommodating in their approach to leadership,” team manager Colin Borde said.
The CPL kicks off on August 18 and will be played entirely in Trinidad and Tobago. The two-time champions play in the first match of the tournament as they take on Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.
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