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Pollard has amassed a complete of 14,000 runs in 712 T20 matches played to this point. He’s the second cricketer on the planet after Chris Gayle to attain 14,000 runs in T20s.

Kieron Pollard completes 14,000 runs in T20s. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Kieron Pollard completes 14,000 runs in T20s. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Legendary West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard entered his name within the history books on Saturday (August 30) by becoming the second cricketer on the planet to attain 14,000 runs in T20s. The 38-year-old all-rounder needed 19 runs on Saturday to finish 14,000 runs in T20s and join Chris Gayle within the elite list, and he achieved the target by remaining unbeaten on 19 runs from nine balls for Trinbago Knight Riders within the sixteenth league match of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2025 against Barbados Royals at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad.

Gayle finished his T20 profession with 14,562 runs in 463 matches, whereas Pollard has 14,000 runs to his name in 712 matches.

Most runs in T20s

POSITIONPLAYERCOUNTRYMATCHESRUNS
1.Chris GayleWest Indies46314,562
2.Kieron PollardWest Indies71214,000
3.Alex HalesEngland50713,931
4.David WarnerAustralia42413,595
5.Shoaib MalikPakistan55713,571

Pollard has scored one century and 64 fifties within the shortest format of the sport.

During his stay on the crease on Saturday, Pollard hammered two fours and one six. The utmost by Pollard on the third ball of the seventeenth over of the run chase also helped him break the record of scoring essentially the most sixes within the Caribbean Premier League.

Most sixes in CPL

PLAYERCOUNTRYTEAM(S)MATCHESRUNSSIXES
Kieron PollardWest IndiesBT/STARS/TKR1302955204
Evin LewisWest IndiesRedSt/STKNP1112767203
Nicholas PooranWest IndiesBT/GAW/RedSt/TKR1192592187
Chris GayleWest IndiesJT/STKNP852519172
Johnson CharlesWest IndiesAHwks/BR/BT/JT/SLK/STARS/ZOUKS1243466170
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