This is a information to us: Pollard on De Kock’s refusal to take knee for BLM motion

West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard stated South Africa star wicketkeeper batter Quinton de Kock’s choice to tug out of Tuesday’s T20 World Cup sport after refusing to take the knee for the ‘Black Lives Matter’ motion got here as a “news” to him and urged individuals to not speculate on the event.
He stated personally and as a crew they really feel “strongly” in regards to the motion and can proceed to do their bit to finish racism.
Pollard’s feedback got here after Cricket South Africa on Tuesday issued a directive to its gamers to take the knee in help of the BLM motion forward of their match in opposition to the West Indies, a choice which didn’t go down effectively with De Kock, who previously had expressed his reluctance to make the gesture.
“For me, personally, I don’t know of any player who didn’t want to take it (take the knee). I’m not aware of that. So this is sort of news to us or to me,” Pollard stated after struggling an eight-wicket loss to South Africa, their second consecutive within the Super 12 stage.
“You guys know our ideas on this matter. It’s one thing that we really feel strongly about as a crew and as individuals as effectively and we’ll proceed to do it.
“Each and everyone has their own opinions on it, but as I’ve always said, once you’re educated and you understand, we will understand why you are doing it, but I think education sort of is the key, and we don’t want anyone doing it for us in solitude or to feel sorry for us.”
Asked whether or not this growth would have an effect on his private relationship with De Kock as each are Mumbai Indians teammates within the IPL, Pollard refused to “speculate” earlier than moving into the reality of the matter.

“As I beforehand stated, all I’m listening to is what has occurred. I don’t know the reality and reality of the particular matter.
“I can’t just take that and have an answer or speculation in terms of relationship and all that. That’s getting too deep at this present time,” he stated.
“Yes, he has been my teammate in Mumbai Indians, we have played cricket together. That’s where the buck stops in terms of everything else. Everything else is speculation. Let’s see what happens after. Let me have an opportunity to digest.”
The defending champions slipped to the underside of the Group 1 factors desk in Super 12 after struggling two successive losses.
“I thought we left about 20-25 runs out there when we batted, and that could have made a difference in terms of how we finished off,” Pollard stated.
“I also believe that my dismissal in the last over was crucial because we knew they had an over to make up and I was banking on that,” he stated.
Urging a faltering West Indies batting unit to step up, he stated: “We should dig deeper as a crew. We should dig deeper as a batting unit. We have to return out and maintain our heads up and attempt to play a great sport of cricket.
“We’ve put ourselves in a position where from a run rate perspective that’s pretty low, and from a win percentage we haven’t won any games. So we have to win the next three games,” he concluded.