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Kieron Pollard named captain of MI Emirates for ILT20 season 4

Saturday, 29-Nov-2025, 12:13 PM
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MI Emirates (MIE) have announced Kieron Pollard as their captain for the upcoming season of International League T20 (ILT20). The fourth edition of the tournament begins on December 2, 2025. Nicholas Pooran, who captained MI Emirates last season, remains in the squad. However, his commitments to MI Cape Town in the SA20 — which partially overlaps with ILT20 — mean MIE likely saw Pollard as the more reliable long-term captain for the UAE campaign. 

"We have news! Kieron Pollard, the Blue and Gold icon, is all set to captain MI Emirates in the fourth season of the ILT20," MI Emirates said in a statement.

"A part of our winning team of season 2, apart from seven title wins with Mumbai Indians (five IPLs, two CLT20s), and don’t forget, two MLCs (2023 and 2025), he sure knows a thing or two about bringing home titles. We cannot wait for his big sixes, canny bowling, fort-like fielding, and his skipper brain to fight right until the very end to pull matches out of the dead."

"Bring out the drums, sound the bugle, CAPTAIN POLLY HAS TOUCHED DOWN!" the statement added.

MI Emirates will begin their campaign against Gulf Giants on December 4.

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