Pallekele: West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard on Wednesday became the first player in the history of T20 cricket to feature in 500 matches when he took the field against Sri Lanka for the first T20I here.
The official handle of Windies Cricket uploaded the video on social media and their post read: “@KieronPollard55 celebrates his 500th T20 with a one of a kind #MenInMaroon Jersey!Congrats Skipper!#ItsOurGame
Dwayne Bravo is second in the list with 453 matches under his belt so far.
Chris Gayle is at the third spot in the list as he has featured in 404 T20 matches.
Pollard was congratulated by teammates on his landmark day before the start of the T20I and was also presented with a special jersey to mark the occasion.
The jersey had the all-rounder's name at the back along with the number 500.
Also, the West Indian all-rounder has featured for some of the best teams in T20 leagues around the world and has donned the jerseys of Adelaide Strikers, Barbados Tridents, Cape Cobras, Dhaka Dynamites, Dhaka Gladiators, Karachi Kings, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Mumbai Indians, Peshawar Zalmi, Somerset, South Australia, St Lucia Stars, Stanford Superstars, Trinbago Knight Riders and Trinidad & Tobago.
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🔟K T20 runs🔥!! Take a bow Captain Polly 👏🏽. #SLvWI #ItsOurGame #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/r0tV2pasWq
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 4, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">🔟K T20 runs🔥!! Take a bow Captain Polly 👏🏽. #SLvWI #ItsOurGame #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/r0tV2pasWq
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 4, 2020🔟K T20 runs🔥!! Take a bow Captain Polly 👏🏽. #SLvWI #ItsOurGame #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/r0tV2pasWq
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 4, 2020
Interestingly, Pollard has featured in as many as 23 tournament finals, the most by a player.
