Kieron Pollard has been announced as the MI Emirates captain for the upcoming season of the ILT20 , which will kick off on December 2.

Pollard, 38, was unveiled by MIE as a wildcard , along with Nicholas Pooran, after the league's inaugural auction.

Pollard takes over from Pooran as captain in the ILT20, with the latter also set to play for MI Cape Town in the SA20 , with the two leagues clashing in part. Having played 720 matches, Pollard is the most capped player in T20 cricket and is 326 runs away from surpassing Chris Gayle as the highest run-getter in the format. Pollard has scored 14,237 runs at an average of 31.85 and strike rate of 151.23. Pollard will work with former India allrounder Robin Singh, the coach, at MIE.

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