The greatest batsman Chris Gayle was in amid of the Pakistan Super League 2021 season when he needed to pack his bag to get back to report for national duty. Gayle has been something of a T20 voyager lately, yet as he conceded on Monday 1st March, his craving for cricket and his love for West Indies actually have succumb him to play for WI in the home series against Sri Lanka.
Gayle said -I have actually decided to walk away from the game and then my fans said: 'No, don't do it, don't do it. Stay and play to the extent that this would be possible. "So I chose to stay and play.- He further added, I wasn't really thinking down this street. I thought, I will play franchise matches, amusing my followers as much as I could.
"At the point when I got the call and they inquired as to whether I'm willing and intrigued, I said: 'Indeed, I need to play for West Indies'. That is the place where my heart is. I'm never going to turn down anything relating to West Indies cricket at this specific time. So I returned from Pakistan to be a vital part of this set-up driving into the World Cup so we can include solidarity within the team, and eventually, we can win the trophy - T20."
Gayle's future in the worldwide game was a subject of huge speculation just after the 2019 World Cup. The player had initially declared that the event would be his last ODI task, just to backtrack immediately after the event and put his cap into the ring going ahead.
"At 41, that's what actually gets me through on a daily basis: it's more mental than physical to me. It's the willpower of the mind. That's what gives me that extra drive to continue playing.
Gayle, who is one of eight players was an important part for both of West Indies' T20 World Cup-winning battles held in 2012 and 2016, and he is again eyeing a third title when the competition gets in progress in India in October-November this year.
"I want to accomplish, starting off by winning the series, but the bigger picture is actually to get three T20 titles under my belt.
In a crew that presently has four opening choices: Gayle, Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, and Andre Fletcher, the 41-year-old's new ability at one-drop may end up being helpful. Gayle played as a No.3 batsman in a year ago's IPL. Gayle said he is glad to bat at any position the management has picked him for, even at No. 5. For the West Indies cricket, no matter, if it's opening, I'm prepared, No. 3, No. 5 - I'm happy enough. I will in any case be the best No. 5 on the planet, and again the best No. 3 in the world.