Kieron Pollard captained Mumbai Indians in Rohit Sharma’s absence. © BCCI/IPL Kieron Pollard’s 83 off 31 balls ensured Mumbai Indians (MI) won a thrilling contest by 3 wickets against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Captaining MI in Rohit Sharma’s absence, stand-in captain Pollard orchestrated the Mumbai Indians run-chase as his innings included 10 sixes with a strike rate of 267.74 that swung the match in home side’s favour. Following this match-winning knock, the big-hitting Trinidadian is hopeful of making the Windies squad ahead of World Cup 2019.The 31-year-old, who last played an ODI in 2016, said he was “blacklisted” under the previous regime but was hopeful of a recall after last month’s ousting of controversial board president Dave Cameron.”There has been a lot of turmoil in West Indies cricket over the last couple of years. We have seen in the last couple of weeks there’s a change,” said Pollard.”The most I can do every time I step on the cricket field is try to put runs on the board,” he added, when asked about the West Indies’ World Cup squad.”There’s people there who have the job to select and whatever and let’s see how…