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LONDON: England have appointed former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard as an assistant coach for the Twenty20 World Cup next year, the country\u2019s cricket board (ECB) announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Pollard helped the West Indies win the World Cup in 2012 while the 36-year-old, who made a name for himself as a T20 specialist, won five Indian Premier League titles with the Mumbai Indians between 2013 and 2020.<\/p>\n
The 2024 World Cup will be held in the West Indies and the US in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cPollard will join the England men\u2019s team specifically for the T20 World Cup as an assistant coach and to provide expertise of local conditions,\u201d the ECB said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cPollard was a part of West Indies\u2019 2012 men\u2019s T20 World Cup success and has vast experience in the format having played more than 600 matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
England are the defending champions having won their second T20 World Cup title in 2022 in Australia.<\/p>\n
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