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NSW interested in Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Kieron Pollard for 20-20 tournament |
New South Wales (NSW) have shown interest in signing two
Indian batsmen --Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik and big-hitting West Indies all-rounder
Kieron Pollard for this summer's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament. The decision
comes against the backdrop of NSW’s success in the Champions League being held
in India, where they have already earned a minimum of 500,000 dollars for reaching
the semi-finals, and could take home as much as 2.5 million dollars for winning
it. While, Sharma and Karthik were in the club’s list for their consistent performance
at the Twenty20 level, Pollard has been chosen due to his astonishing performance
against them in the Champions League. Pollard has emerged as the star of the Champions
League for his powerful hitting, as he blasted a joint-tournament high 11 sixes
and registered a strike rate of 203.38, The Age reports. During NSW’s game against
Trinidad and Tobago, Pollard had scored an unbeaten 54 off 18 balls, in which
he blasted five fours and five sixes. Cricket NSW CEO David Gilbert said that
Pollard''s swashbuckling style has made him an attraction and also revealed that
NSW coach Matthew Mott had already informally approached him about turning out
for the Blues. “I know Matthew Mott caught up with him (Pollard) the other day
over breakfast and said to him: ‘Would you be interested if we progressed discussions?''
and he was very keen. But, it''s very early days and he''s one of three or four
players that are in the mix,” AAP quoted Gilbert, as saying. “He''s going to be
in high demand, Pollard, because someone who can smash the ball like that is a
freakish talent. Someone who can devastate a bowling attack like he can and also
can bowl pretty good, medium pace, that''s quite an irresistible prospect,” he
added. |
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