ard ▁made ▁his ▁debut ▁for ▁M umb ai ▁Indians ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁against ▁the ▁Del hi ▁D are dev ils ▁at ▁F ero z ▁Shah ▁Kot la ▁in ▁Del hi . ▁It ▁took ▁a ▁while ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁get ▁off ▁the ▁blocks ▁in ▁his ▁very ▁first ▁season . ▁He ▁however ▁proved ▁his ▁money ' s ▁worth ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁tournament ▁with ▁a ▁bl ister ing ▁ 1 3 ▁ball ▁ 4 5 ▁la ced ▁with ▁ 5 ▁six es ▁and ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 2 ▁run ▁out s ▁ear ning ▁him ▁his ▁first ▁M OT M ▁performance . ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁stell ar ▁performance ▁against ▁the ▁Royal ▁Ch alleng ers ▁Bang al ore ▁in ▁the ▁semi ▁final . ▁Pol l ard ▁sm ashed ▁a ▁quick ▁fire ▁ 3 3 * ▁off ▁ 1 3 ▁balls ▁with ▁ 3 ▁six es ▁and ▁followed ▁it ▁up ▁with ▁ 3 ▁w ick ets ▁and ▁ 1 ▁run ▁out . ▁He ▁was ▁adj ud ged ▁man ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁and ▁his ▁efforts ▁prop elled ▁M umb ai ▁Indians ▁into ▁the ▁final ▁for ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁time ▁where ▁they ▁eventually ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁Chen na i ▁Super ▁Kings . ▁▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁season ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁ 2 ▁medi oc re ▁seasons ▁for ▁Pol l ard . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁the ▁only ▁highlight ▁was ▁his ▁br ill iance ▁in ▁the