Kieron Pollard

The innings that changed his career came at the 2009 Champions League. With his side's game against New South Wales looking lost, he smashed 54 from only 18 deliveries. South Australia quickly signed him for the Big Bash, and Mumbai Indians won his services through a silent tie-breaker once bids reached the $750,000 ceiling, with the final fee kept private.

Pollard turned down a West Indies central contract so he could freelance in Twenty20 leagues worldwide. The board still chose him for ODIs and T20 internationals and cleared him to play in the IPL. After struggling with the bat in the 2011 and 2012 IPL seasons, he returned to form in 2013, collecting 420 runs and 10 wickets in 18 games as Mumbai took the title, and he was named Man of the Final. His ability to clear the ropes has kept him on Mumbai's retained list. He has also turned out for Somerset, Dhaka Gladiators and Barbados Tridents.

His batting depends on raw power, though spinners trouble him because he often cannot read the direction of turn. With the ball he relies on gentle variations, rolling his fingers across the seam and regularly sending down leg cutters. In the field he ranks among the world's finest, using his long reach in any position and holding some remarkable catches.

For West Indies his record has been patchy, lit up by occasional brilliance. His first ODI century came against India, and his second, an innings of 102, was made against a strong Australian attack in St Lucia. Seen as an ODI specialist, he has been passed over for Test cricket, injuries have cut back his bowling, and fitness problems ruled him out of a tour of New Zealand and the T20 event in Bangladesh. He and Dwayne Bravo were left out of the 15-man squad for the 2015 World Cup, a call that critics and experts widely condemned; Pollard insisted his international days were not finished and vowed to fight his way back. Though his place in the national side comes and goes, he remains a prized figure across T20 leagues.