Kieron Pollard completes 200 CPL sixes: Key stats
What's the story
West Indies cricket legend Kieron Pollard has gone past 200 sixes in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The achievement came during a match between his team Trinbago Knight Riders and Saint Lucia Kings in Gros Islet on Saturday. Pollard's explosive innings of 65 runs off 29 balls included four boundaries and an incredible six maximums. With this feat, Pollard has also become the first ever to hit over 200 maximums in two major franchise-based T20 leagues.
Match impact
Pollard's innings and match result
Pollard's blistering performance helped the Knight Riders post a mammoth total of 183/7, eventually winning the match by 18 runs. This victory took them to third place on the table. As mentioned, Pollard became only the second player in CPL history to hit 200 sixes, after Evin Lewis who achieved this feat earlier during a match against Barbados Royals.
Record holder
Pollard achieves this historic milestone
Pollard is the first player in history to hit 200 or more sixes in two major franchise-based T20 leagues. He had earlier achieved this milestone in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Notably, apart from IPL, CPL, and Australia's Big Bash League (BBL), no other league has seen a player cross the mark of 200 sixes. While Pollard finished his IPL career with 223 sixes, he has hit 203 maximums in the CPL so far.
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Pollard's tally of sixes in T20s
Pollard's six sixes against Saint Lucia Kings take him to a tally of 941 maximums in T20 cricket, as per ESPNcricinfo. Pollard is only behind former West Indies legend Chris Gayle (1,056). He also smashed 99 sixes for West Indies in T20Is. He also owns 77 sixes in the Pakistan Super League. No other league has seen Pollard smoke 50-plus sixes.
T20 rankings
Pollard's overall T20 stats and achievements
With his latest knock, Pollard has raced to 13,981 runs across 710 T20 games at 31.63 (SR: 150.17). He slammed his 64th fifty in T20s (100s: 1). In the CPL, he owns 2,936 runs at an average of 33.74 (100s: 1, 50s: 14). Despite retiring from international cricket and IPL in 2022, Pollard continues to play leagues around the world. He shares the record of being the most decorated T20 player with Dwayne Bravo with a total of 17 titles.