Rohit, who played with Pollard for several years at MI, termed the West Indies cricket team captain as a 'smart thinker of the game.'
Batting first, India scored 170 for 7 with Shivam Dube hitting 54 off 30 balls and Rishabh Pant contributing an unbeaten 33 off 22
West Indies cricket team will get a huge boast with the return of Nicolas Pooran, who was banned for four matches and may replace Lendl Simmons in the middle order
In the last 13 months, India have played the West Indies in six T20 Internationals with the hosts coming up trumps every single time
Put into bat, the West Indies scored 207 for 5 but India rode on superb innings from Virat Kohli (94 not out) and KL Rahul (62) to overhaul the target
While the Indian batting line-up will get a major fillip with Kohli's return to the T20 side, West Indies batsmen will look up to the experience of Pollard as they face Indian bowlers
In the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, the series will provide K L Rahul, who holds a good record in T20s, a very good opportunity to secure his place as Rohit Sharma's partner up the order.
West Indies, the reigning ICC World T20 champions, will begin their tour with the three-match T20I series, starting with the opening match in Hyderabad on December 6
Pollard hammered 10 sixes and scored 83 off just 31 balls which helped his team register three-wicket victory over Punjab