DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates – MI Emi­rates have se­lect­ed Kieron Pol­lard as their wild­card sign­ing for the up­com­ing sea­son of the ILT20.

The 2026-27 ILT20 sea­son will take place from No­vem­ber 21 to De­cem­ber 20 in Shar­jah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The for­mer West In­dies all-rounder was un­veiled as a wild­card along­side fel­low Trinida­di­an Nicholas Pooran last sea­son as well, fol­low­ing the league’s in­au­gur­al auc­tion.

Pol­lard is the most-capped play­er in T20 crick­et, with 754 ap­pear­ances, and is 63 runs away from sur­pass­ing Jos But­tler as the for­mat’s lead­ing run-scor­er. He has 14,999 runs at an av­er­age of 31.71 and a strike rate of 150.92.

He has turned out for MI Emi­rates in every sea­son of the ILT20 since its in­cep­tion in ear­ly 2023.

At MI Emi­rates, Pol­lard will work un­der head coach Mark Bouch­er, the for­mer South African wick­et­keep­er-bat­ter, who took over from for­mer In­di­an all­rounder Robin Singh.

MI Emi­rates came close to clinch­ing the ILT20 last sea­son but fell short in the fi­nal as Desert Vipers claimed their maid­en ti­tle.

CMC