CLT20 2014-Kieron Pollard likely to captain Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians will likely announce kieron Pollard as their captain for the Champions League T20 tournament, which starts on 13 September, in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who has been ruled out due to injury: 27-year-old injured his right index finger during the 2 One Day International of the ongoing bilateral series against England in Cardiff.

Rohit led Mumbai Indian Premier League crown for the first time in 2013, before guiding them to the Champions League title, as well as last season. Pollard, on the other hand, fresh from his Caribbean Premier League [CPL] title winner restrict Barbados tridents.

"While Pollard is an automatic choice for the MI set-up, which led to his success as a senior title triumph tridents recently concluded Caribbean Barbados Premier League (CPL) will go in his favor, but Harbhajan should also sounded" says a source told PTI.