West Indies batting big Chris Gayle has entertained quite a few cricket followers together with his heroics within the Indian Premier League (IPL) over time. He has represented the likes of Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings till 2021. But this yr, he left his followers in a state of dismay by pulling himself out of the mega auctions that occurred earlier in February this yr.
As the fifteenth version of the event heads in direction of its enterprise finish, Gayle lastly opened up about his determination. Speaking with main English each day – Mirror, he cited an absence of ‘respect’ as the explanation behind opting out of IPL 2022.
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“For the last couple of years, the way the IPL went about, I felt like I wasn’t treated properly,” Gayle stated, as quoted by mirror.co.uk.
“So, I thought ‘okay, you (Gayle) didn’t get the respect you deserved after you did so much for the sport and IPL.’ So, I said ‘okay, that’s it, I’m not going to bother to enter the draft,’ so I left it as it is. There is always going to be life after cricket so I’m just trying to adapt to normality,” he added.
He didn’t have a set spot within the enjoying XI throughout his stint with the Punjab Kings. Last yr, Gayle featured in 10 video games and scored 193 runs at a strike price of 125.32. In 2020, he performed simply seven matches and amassed 288 runs.
Gayle, who’s fondly known as ‘Universe Boss’, went on so as to add that he’ll return to the cash-rich event subsequent yr, in 2023.
“Next year I’m coming back, they need me!” Gayle chuckled.
“I’ve represented three teams in the IPL, Kolkata, RCB, and Punjab. Between RCB and Punjab, I would love to get a title, with one of those two teams. I had a great stint with RCB where I was more successful within the IPL, and Punjab, they’ve been good. I love to explore and I love challenges so let’s see what happens,” he concluded.
Gayle has 4,965 IPL runs to his credit score in 142 matches. He additionally holds the report for the best particular person rating in IPL historical past – 175, towards Pune Warriors India in 2013.
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