T20 World Cup: Retired hurt or retired out? Kieron Pollard abruptly walks outside field against Bangladesh

Pollard
–
who
was
batting
at
8
off
16
deliveries
–
left
the
field
abruptly
during
his
team’s
batting
against
Bangladesh.
West
Indies’ top-order
struggled
against
quality
bowling
from
Bangladesh
after
being
put
in
to
bat
first
on
a
slow
Sharjah
strip
on
Friday
(October
29).

The
West
Indies
skipper
walked
into
the
middle
at
number
four
after
Shimron
Hetmyer’s
dismissal
in
the
seventh
over
but
the
disciplined
bowling
effort
from
Bangladesh
kept
the
big-hitting
batsman
from
Trinidad
from
free
his
arms
and
score
at
ease.

After
he
took
a
single
on
the
third
delivery
of
the
13th
over
of
the
West
Indies
innings,
Pollard
kept
walking
towards
the
pavilion
and
power-hitter
Andre
Russell
made
his
entry
into
the
middle.
However,
Russell
was
dismissed
for
a
diamond
duck
as
the
explosive
batsman
was
run
out
after
the
shot
hit
from
Roston
Chase
was
deflected
towards
the
stumps
by
bowler
Taskin
Ahmed
and
hit
the
non-striker’s
end.

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Pollard’s
exit
from
the
pitch
left
everyone
wondering
if
he
was
retired
hurt
or
did
he
retire
himself
out
due
to
his
slow
batting.
However,
he
had
to
walk
into
the
middle
to
resume
batting
in
the
20th
over
to
face
a
couple
of
deliveries.
He
played
the
first
one
for
a
dot
and
smashed
the
second
one
for
a
maximum
to
end
WI
innings
with
a
flourish.

His
move,
however,
was
a
subject
of
discussion
on
social
media
and
here’s
what
they
had
to
say:

So
what
was
all
that
about
Pollard
retiring
OUT?

—
Abhishek
Mukherjee
(@SachinAzharCT)
(@ovshake42)

October
29,
2021

Pollard
retired
hurt/out
earlier,
came
to
bat
in
the
final
over
and
finishes
the
innings
with
a
six.

—
Johns.
(@CricCrazyJohns)

October
29,
2021

Pollard
abruptly
leaves.

Retired
out,
we
are
told.

He
returns.

He
faces
two
balls.
Misses
one
and
hits
a
six.

There
is
something
very
West
Indian
in
all
this
but
cannot
figure
out
what.

Maybe
the
randomness
of
it
all.

—
Abhishek
Mukherjee
(@SachinAzharCT)
(@ovshake42)

October
29,
2021

Pollard
retired
hurt
eh..
Remember
him
shouting
at
Rakheem
Cornwall
when
he
chose
to
retire
hurt??

#WIvBAN
#banvswi
pic.twitter.com/EkcCW02bZz

—
Second
Slip
(@santhosh_prn)

October
29,
2021

As
Pollard
has
shown
with
that
hit,
if
you
aren’t
well,
mentally
or
physically,
just
take
some
time
off.
And
it
all
falls
in
place.

—
Alagappan
Vijayakumar
(@IndianMourinho)

October
29,
2021

Pollard.
Retiring.
Captain,
leading
from
the
front.
A
first
and
of
many
to
follow.

—
Nikhil
????
(@CricCrazyNIKS)

October
29,
2021

West
Indies
innings
taking
unbelievably
unhappy
trajectory.
Three
wickets
lost
early,
Pollard
retiring
for
some
reason
and
Russell
run
out
without
facing
a
ball,
backing
up
too
far

—
Cricketwallah
(@cricketwallah)

October
29,
2021

Hate
the
idea
of
tactically
retiring
out.
Pollard
may
actually
be
injured,
dunno.
But
not
having
the
idea
that
you
could
tactically
clutch
a
hammy
to
get
a
more
favourable
batter
in
and
then
come
back.
(1/3)

—
Cameron
Ponsonby
(@cameronponsonby)

October
29,
2021

Earlier
in
the
day,
Bangladesh
captain
Mahmudullah
won
the
toss
and
invited
Pollard
to
bat
first
in
a
crucial
match
for
both
teams.
Bangladesh
made
two
changes
with
Taskin
Ahmed
and
Soumya
Sarkar
replacing
Nurul
Hasan
and
Nasum
Ahmed.

For
West
Indies,
Roston
Chase
made
his
international
T20
debut
while
Jason
Holder
was
also
included
in
the
playing
XI.
Lendl
Simmons
and
Hayden
Walsh
missed
out.
Both
teams
need
a
win
to
keep
their
semi-final
hopes
alive.