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KIERON POLLARD

West Indies cricket player Kieron Pollard has been bought out by Mumbai Indians with whopping bid price $750,000 in the third IPL auction. Kieron Pollard and New Zealand bowler Shane Bond were the most expensive players of the Indian Premier League player auction on 19th January, 2010. Their purchases were decided by the newly introduced tiebreaker rule. There was a tough fight within Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians to get Pollard. At last Mumbai Indians grab this player with the help of ” Silent Tiebreaker”. Kieron Pollard is the hero of the last year’s ‘Champions League Twenty20 tournament’.

BIOGRAPHY

Explosive West Indian all-rounder Kieron Adrian Pollard was born on 12th May, 1987 in Trinidad and Tobago. He is all rounder in Trinidad & Tobago cricket team and the West Indies cricket team. He made his domestic cricket appearance in the ‘Stanford 20/20 tournament’ in which he scored 96 runs at 32 balls and took six wickets. In his first class debut for Trinidad, Pollard gained two centuries and in his debut List A cricket, he also made an impressive start by hitting 87 runs against Guyana. He was also a player of ‘Under-19 Cricket World Cup’ in 2006. Pollard made his ODI debut for West Indies in a match against South Africa in ‘2007 World Cup’. He also played for an ODI series against New Zealand in late 2008. He thrilled Indian audiences during the Champions League Twenty20 in October 2009. His popularity increased, when he gained 54 runs from just 18 balls for Trinidad & Tobago against New South Wales.  He was signed for ‘Somerset County Cricket Club’ for the ‘2010 Twenty20 Cup’ competition, and now he has bought out by Mumbai Indians with whopping bid price $750,000 for the third IPL season.

VIRAT KOHLI

Right-handed batsman Virat Kohli is the new hero of the Indian cricket. With the help of his century, India gained a victory over Bangladesh in ongoing tri-series. Kohli gained unbeaten 102 runs from just 95 balls, and it was his second ODI century in his cricket career. He scored two fifties in the previous two matches of this tri-series. Kohli is a powerful middle order batsman, and he is best known for his shots through the cover region. In addition, he is also a right arm medium pace bowler of the Indian cricket team.

BIOGRAPHY

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was born on 5th November, 1988 in Bangalore, India as the son of P.N.Kohli. He learned cricket lessons from ‘West Delhi Cricket Academy’. He is come to know in the cricket world, when he gained 90 runs within hours of his father’s death to save Delhi from certain follow-on in a Ranji Trophy game against Karnataka. In addition, he was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the ‘2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup’ held in Malaysia. In that ‘Under-19 World Cup’, he gained 235 runs including a century from 74 balls against West Indies, and he was the third best run scorer in that tournament. In ‘2008 Emerging Players Tournament’ in Australia, Kohli was the leading run scorer with 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries and two fifties. After this performance, he was selected in the ODI squad for India’s tour of Sri Lanka and his first ODI match was against Sri Lanka in the ‘Idea Cup’ in 2008. With the help of his performances, India won their first one day series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. In 2009, Kohli gained his debut ODI century against Sri Lanka in ODI series in Sri Lanka. In ‘2010 Idea Cup’ tri-series, Kohli gained 91 runs against Bangladesh, unbeaten 71 runs against Sri Lanka and his second ODI century against Bangladesh. With this brilliant century, he became the third Indian, who scored two ODI centuries before the age of 22. He is also the player of ‘Royal Challengers Bangalore’ Indian Premier League team. He played for this team in 2008 and 2009 IPL seasons. The 2008 IPL season was not good for him. He gained only 165 runs in that season, but in the 2009 season, he was improved his performance by gaining 215 runs.