{"id":249306,"date":"2026-06-21T04:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/kieron-pollard-becomes-leading-run-scorer-in-t20s-surpasses-chris-gayle-and-virat-kohli\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:45:12","slug":"kieron-pollard-becomes-leading-run-scorer-in-t20s-surpasses-chris-gayle-and-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/kieron-pollard-becomes-leading-run-scorer-in-t20s-surpasses-chris-gayle-and-virat-kohli\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieron Pollard becomes leading run-scorer in T20s, surpasses Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At the age of 39, when most of the players across the world hung up their boots, former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard is still going strong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-app-promo-slot post-app-promo-slot--early text-center my-3 py-1\">\n<div class=\"ca-app-promo-wrap text-center my-1\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.cricketaddictor.io\" class=\"ca-app-promo-link d-inline-block text-decoration-none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cricket Addictor \u2014 fastest live scores on Google Play\"><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On July 21, Pollard, currently playing as an MI New York batting all-rounder, created a record in the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) during their match against the Washington Freedom.<\/p>\n<h2>Kieron Pollard creates a record in T20s at the age of 39<\/h2>\n<p>Kieron Pollard is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/cricketaddictor.com\/cricket-news\/ellyse-perry-rewrites-t20-world-cup-history-surpasses-rohit-sharma-460620\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading run-getter in T20 history<\/a>. Through today\u2019s match, he has surpassed the legends of the format like Chris Gayle. In front of the massive crowd of Washington Freedom, most of the batters of MI New York went down cheaply. Pollard is the only one who stood tall against the fiery bowling attack of Freedom today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-app-promo-slot post-app-promo-slot--mid text-center my-4 py-2\">\n<div class=\"ca-app-promo-wrap text-center my-1\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.cricketaddictor.io\" class=\"ca-app-promo-link d-inline-block text-decoration-none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cricket Addictor \u2014 fastest live scores on Google Play\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"https:\/\/static.cricketaddictor.com\/assets\/images\/newad4.jpeg\" alt=\"Cricket Addictor \u2014 fastest live scores on Google Play\" class=\"ca-app-promo-img rounded-3 shadow-sm\" width=\"1600\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: min(420px, 94vw); width: auto; height: auto; object-fit: contain; display: block; margin-inline: auto;\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 HISTORY BY 39-YEAR-OLD KIERON POLLARD \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Pollard becomes the leading run-getter in T20 history, he has overtaken Universe Boss, Chris Gayle \ud83e\udd2f \u270d\ufe0f <\/p>\n<p>Pollard is a GOAT in T20s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5uLs0JIz6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/e5uLs0JIz6<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CricCrazyJohns\/status\/2068547050614997487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the effort, Pollard claims his second T20 century today, which makes his place in the record book strong, but it was not enough to help the team win the match against the Washington Freedom. Kieron Pollard remains unbeaten for 100 off 56 with a strike rate of 178.57. The Caribbean&#8217;s innings was decorated with eleven 4s and four 6s. Because of the ton from his bat, MI New York is able to score 215 against Freedom&#8217;s 245.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-app-promo-slot post-app-promo-slot--side clearfix\">\n<div class=\"ca-app-promo-wrap text-center ca-app-promo-article-side float-md-end ms-md-3 mb-3 mx-auto mx-md-0\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.cricketaddictor.io\" class=\"ca-app-promo-link d-inline-block text-decoration-none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cricket Addictor \u2014 fastest live scores on Google Play\"><br \/>\n      <img src=\"https:\/\/static.cricketaddictor.com\/assets\/images\/newad3.jpeg\" alt=\"Cricket Addictor \u2014 fastest live scores on Google Play\" class=\"ca-app-promo-img rounded-3 shadow-sm\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: min(240px, 44vw); width: auto; height: auto; object-fit: contain; display: block; margin-inline: auto;\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Washington Freedom batter and Australian cricket star <span>Mitchell Owen was outstanding in the first innings of the game, scoring 155 off 68. Experienced bowlers like Trent Boult, Corbin Bosch, and Pollard himself leak plenty of runs against the top-order batter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More to Follow&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cricketaddictor.com\/cricket-news\/kieron-pollard-becomes-leading-run-scorer-in-t20s-surpasses-chris-gayle-and-virat-kohli-460627\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the age of 39, when most of the players across the world hung up their boots, former West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard is still going strong. On July 21, Pollard, currently playing as an MI New York batting all-rounder, created a record in the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) during their match against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6803],"tags":[8646,1340,20584,10020,413,60245],"class_list":{"0":"post-249306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-chris-gayle","9":"tag-kieron-pollard","10":"tag-mi-new-york","11":"tag-mlc","12":"tag-virat-kohli","13":"tag-west-indies-national-cricket-team"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}