"Once the rain is over, an umbrella becomes a burden to everyone. That's how loyalty ends when benefits stop.- ANONYMOUS," read Kieron Pollard's Instagram story from Sunday morning.
The veteran West Indies all-rounder's cryptic story that touched the issue of "loyalty" once again brought focus back to the captaincy change in IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.
Speculations are rife after batting coach Pollard, a legend of the five-time champions, put up the story ahead of the season. Mumbai Indians had stripped veteran Rohit Sharma of captaincy after they bought star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans. A former MI player, Hardik had led the Titans to glory in 2022 and made it to the finals in 2023.