Pollard on being booed during the CPL Final, takes aim at the Providence crowd after their cold reception to him.
Pollard: The booing is boring now.
When the audience jeered Kieron Pollard during the CPL 2025 final, which his club, the Trinbago Knight Riders, won after defeating the hosts, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, at Providence, Pollard responded angrily.
“It [Winning the CPL] means a lot,” Pollard said on Sunday. “But one thing I’ll say. There’s three countries in the Caribbean where we have played, the booing is boring now. We are still the laughing stock of cricket in the West Indies. You have a guy who has represented the entire Caribbean over a period of time, putting them on the map in the format. Yet, we still don’t appreciate him. I’m not bitter but I feel sorry, not for myself.
“Kieron Pollard plays cricket and that’s what I know. I got the opportunity, God has given me a talent, I have represented my family and my country. I don’t politicise things, I do it because I love the game and I love the sport. This means a lot – five-time champions. Going around the Caribbean at 38 years old…but we’re still the laughing stock of cricket in the world.”
Pollard has also been met with hostility by crowds in other Caribbean nations. Even though he had previously led St Lucia, he was jeered at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia during his undefeated half-century for TKR in the CPL 2024.
With this CPL victory, Pollard (18) became the player with the most T20 titles in history, surpassing his good buddy and current TKR coach Dwayne Bravo (17). Pollard, who was 38 at the time, was won Player of the Tournament for his 383 runs in 11 innings with a strike rate of almost 175 and an average of more than 50. Pollard hit 36 sixes this season, more than anyone else.
“I can’t tell you the future,” Pollard told Daren Ganga in a separate post-match interview. “I can only deal with what’s in front of me. I have a flight coming up and I’m getting home to the kids. I’m just trying to enjoy some time at home. I’ve been on the road for the entire year. So, I think I owe it to them. Let’s see what happens. At the end of the year, I’ll still be playing in the ILT20 in Dubai. So that’s the only thing I can tell you at this point of time.”