There’s so much clarity that comes to West Indies with Pollard in charge. He kicked off the India leg with a 3-0 ODI series win over Afghanistan, a series which could have been “competitive” if a West Indies team with scrambled heads had turned up. But under Pollard, you see definitive roles assigned to different players. It was on display in the ODI series against India which Pollard had termed “more important right now than World T20” even before it had started. He even scored his first fifty as captain in Cuttack, a whirlwind knock of 74 not out off 51, suggesting how he continues to be relevant for West Indies even with the bat.
Both Pollard and Phil Simmons talked about a “plan” and “direction” for the team, and how a loss in India wasn’t going to offset the ground they had covered. With Dwayne Bravo returning to the international fold, albeit in the T20I format, you can see how Pollard’s trust network is starting to affect already.
