Pollock will play a new role in the Mumbai Indians 2009 IPL cricket season
March 19, 2009
Shaun Pollock will be the mentor-cum-advisor to assist Lalchand Rajput in Mumbai Indians 2009 IPL2 season
Pollock ’s Mumbai Indians ‘ teammates will be thrilled to know that Pollock will return in a new mentor role for the Mumbai Indians IPL franchise. Putting an end to months of speculation of whether Shaun Pollock will play T20 cricket for the Mumbai Indians IPL team for IPL 2009, Pollock has announced that he will return albeit only as coach and mentor
Last year, Pollock had even served as captain of the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team
Pollock was revered as “Kaka” by the youngsters of the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team
The young players of the Mumbai IPL team really liked Shaun Pollock. Pollock was reverentially even called “Kaka” , a term of respect in Marathi, the local language in Mumbai
In this context, a well-respected and liked Shaun Pollock will do wonders for the morale of the Mumbai Indians cricket team
Pollock and Rajput will make a perfect mentor-coach combination for the Mumbai IPL cricket team
Shaun Pollock played as captain of the Mumbai IPL team in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh,last year. During his captaincy stint in the inaugural IPL season, Pollock impressed everybody in the Mumbai IPL team with his mentorship skills and “Wright-like” people management skills
Lalchand Rajput was eased out of his coach role of the Indian cricket team, with the advent of Gary Kirsten. Prior to that, Lalchand Rajput engineered the current success of the Indian cricket team,particularly, in the Twenty20 cricket world cup
Together, Shaun Pollock and Rajput form a potent pair who will do wonders for the Mumbai IPL team
Shaun Pollock ’s arrival is being looked forward to by the senior members of the Mumbai IPL team such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasurya and Zaheer Khan
Its no secret that Shaun Pollock ’s return to the Mumbai Indians fold for the IPL2 cricket season was driven by the insistence of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya. Sachin and Jayasurya wanted Pollock to return , presumably not only to improve the morale of the Mumbai Indians cricket team, but to shore up the bowling
Shaun Pollock may not bowl for the Mumbai Indians IPL team in the IPL2 cricket season , but he will definitely be a great coach and advisor for the bowlers in the team such as Zaheer Khan, Dhaval Kulkarni and Fernando. Zaheer Khan has even gone of record to say that he is particularly looking forward to working on his bowling, with the advice of Shaun Pollock. This endorsement of Shaun Pollock from Zaheer Khan, one the best proponents of pace bowling in the world today, speaks mountains of the respect that Pollock commands in the bowling fraternity
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