Published: Feb 12, 2015, 10:15 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 12, 2015, 10:15 PM (IST)
The exclusion of all-rounder Kieron Pollard and his Trinidad and Tobago team-mate Dwayne Bravo from the West Indian squad has been a subject of raging controversy. Both were members of the West Indies team which participated in the aborted tour of India late last year over payment dispute. Even former fast bowler Michael Holding described their axing as ‘vengeance’.
Pollard however doesn’t feel that his international career is over and vows to come back with a vengeance.
“Despite the omission, I’m definitely not thinking that my international career is over. No way. I’m only 27 and I want to come back with a vengeance,” Pollard said as reported by NDTV.
“So for now I’ve got to focus on where I want to see myself in a couple of years and what I’ve got in front of me. The break will also help me stay fresh because I’ve been on the road for a long time.”
While West Indies play Ireland in their first game on Monday, Pollard expressed his disappointment at not being a part of the World Cup. “It was disappointing, obviously, getting that ‘bad news’ call but I knew from before that I won’t be going to the World Cup. These things happen. I’m not the first person not playing in the World Cup and I definitely won’t be the last,” Pollard added.
