Silence Please: Kieron Pollard Tapes His Mouth After Warning From Umpire
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard literally put tape on his mouth when he was asked by the umpire to not talk too much.
The West Indians have a quirky sense of humour and that is no secret. Kieron Pollard displayed that virtue to a packed house at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday. (Complete IPL 2015 coverage | Points Table | Stats)
One of the on-field umpires was not happy with Pollard trying to get under Chris Gayle's skin. The 27 year old Trinidadian had quite a few things to say to his compatriot as Bangalore began their chase of a mammoth 210 run target versus Mumbai Indians.
Pollard was asked to maintain proper distance and control the chatter.
Pollard's response was to promptly put some tape on his mouth. He literally taped up his mouth to show that he would do absolutely no talking, sledging or otherwise. When he had to talk to a teammate, he peeled off an edge of the tape to talk and put the tape back on.
The Bangalore crowd, the commentators and the Mumbai players and support staff in the dugout were all in splits. The only one who didn't see the funny side of it was Gayle.