Chris Gayle opts out of CPL 2022, turns foc to 6ixty | ESPNcric

Contents:

• CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE BGRAPHY
• CHRIS GAYLE: ‘THE FANS URGE ME TO STICK AROUND. THAT’S WHY I’M STILL PLAYG’
• CHRIS GAYLE REACH 14,000 T20 NS AS WT INDI WRAP UP SERI AGAST ATRALIA
• CHRIS GAYLE - UPDATED SEP 2023
• CHRIS GAYLE OPTS OUT OF CPL 2022, TURNS FOC TO 6IXTY
• WNG GOALS: LTLE ROCK’S CHRIS GAYLE EY CHALLENG CUP
• CHRIS GAYLE

CHRIS GAYLE

Twenty20 cricket seemgly picked Chris Gayle as s ambassador, for he sred the very first hundred the format and now unnttedly owns almost every rerd there is, cludg that profileTwenty20 cricket seemgly picked Chris Gayle as s ambassador, for he sred the very first hundred the format and now unnttedly owns almost every rerd there is, cludg that of the most ns (now 10, 000+), most hundreds, fastt hundred, and most fours and six. Chris Gayle might stand tall at over six feet and wield his bat to make or break T20 leagu, but make no mistake about his affy for Tt cricket. His absenteeism om Tts later his reer may seem to suggt otherwise but Gayle has racked up 15 Tt hundreds and over 7, 000 ns across 103 match so far, and equently turns up for his many T20 anchis jerseys numbered 333 - his hight First Class sre, which he ma agast Sri Lanka at Galle, to bee only the fourth batsman after Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Virenr Sehwag wh two Tt tripl a lifetime.

CHRIS GAYLE

- Gayle dismissed footwork to a famo cricketg rndancy of his time, and along wh other ntemporary openg batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virenr Sehwag, and Brendon McCullum later, fashned a battg era characterized by an unreal pennce on hand-eye ordatn and breakneck n-srg across formats. Beg the first cricketer wh hundreds all three formats, Gayle servedly personifi the weight stggle between var cricket formats that stood tensified wh the lnch of IPL 2008. So 2009, Chris Gayle arrived England after playg seven IPL gam to pta Wt Indi a Tt match at Lord's, a game that his si lost heavily amidst sthg cricism om media and fans alike.

Be bee of his growg T20 appete, his never-endg nflicts wh the Wt Indi Cricket Board, or his gradg fns level, Gayle's ternatnal appearanc have gone om few and far between to very ltle off late, wh his foc now on beg a T20 eelancer, not sgularly an era where retirement-age dangeroly seems to hover around thirty-two.

Debutg for Wt Indi as a 20-year-old the year 2000, Gayle went on to pta the natnal si, takg over om Ramnarh Sarwan. He didn't start as an openg batsman, but soon graduated to one, but spe well-timed performanc and a good rerd, doubts over Gayle's technique agast seam and swg have remaed. Come to the more batsman-iendly limed-overs format, and Gayle seems more at home.

CHRIS GAYLE BGRAPHY

If not that, teams have religly relied on short-pched liveri, aimed at his ribs, which Gayle eher top-edg or more often buri ep to the square leg stands. Gayle's aversn to nng on and twos - more nspicuo later his reer - shouldn't startle you as much as his reliance on them, rotatg the strike early his ngs before unleashg a theatril, sometim unstoppable barrage of kg-sized six all around.

CHRIS GAYLE: ‘THE FANS URGE ME TO STICK AROUND. THAT’S WHY I’M STILL PLAYG’

Even as he belted rerds all over the place, Gayle'e mountg jury wo meant his stts wh the Wt Indi natnal si have bee rarer. Come to the Banglash Premier League, Gayle played for Rangpur Rirs the 2017-18 season and won the Player of the Seri award for notchg up the hight number of ns. Durg Wdi' tour of England 2017, Gayle was relled to the ODI si after a hiat of more than 2.

However, wh Wt Indi generally tourg durg this perd, and Gayle not que htg his groove, his biggt news-makg headle the first three seasons me when he extend his IPL stay to land at Lord's jt a day before he was set to lead his si a Tt. A thstg Jamain left-hanr, Gayle earned himself a black mark on his first senr tour - to England 2000 - where the new boys were felt to be sufficiently rpectful of their elrs. But a lack of rpect, for opposn bowlers at least, has served Gayle well sce then.

CHRIS GAYLE REACH 14,000 T20 NS AS WT INDI WRAP UP SERI AGAST ATRALIA

And this era of Twenty20 cricket, Gayle is the batsman who has thrived like no his many strengths, perhaps the biggt one is his outstandg hand-eye ordatn, which allows Gayle to regularly h even good-length liveri for boundari. He showed early signs of his likg for that format by smashg the first century Twenty20 ternatnals - a 57-ball 117 agast South Ai the World Twenty20 2007 - and when Twenty20 leagu mhroomed the world over and sought ternatnal stars, Gayle was the biggt beneficiary. Gayle's ee-strokg, aggrsive style is obvly bt sued for limed-overs cricket, but that don't mean he hasn't cut as a Tt batsman.

However, Gayle has also shown the abily to bat long perds and the hunger to make big sr. In 2009 agast Atralia, Gayle batted almost seven-and-a-half hours srg an unbeaten 165 to save the Tt Alai; the very next game, though, he smashed the fifth-fastt Tt century - off 70 balls - to dite that quick-srg remaed his preferred method.

Childhood & Early LifeChris Gayle was born Christopher Henry Gayle, Kgston, Jamai, to a lower middle-class fay, on September 21, 1979. His father, Dudley Gayle, worked as a policeman, while his mother sold peanuts to earn extra money to n the hoehold. CareerIn 1999, Chris Gayle ma his ternatnal but as part of the ma Wt Indian team.

CHRIS GAYLE - UPDATED SEP 2023

Personal LifeChris Gayle is a long-term relatnship wh Natasha Berridge. “Sorry, ” says Chris Gayle’s handler. I’m wonrg exactly what he’s gturg at when I fally spot Gayle stretched out flat on a black sofa that so exactly match his outf (black sho, black troers, a black hoodie and a pair of big black sunglass) that he is perfectly mouflaged by the ’s three o’clock the afternoon and he’s fast asleep.

The waer puts down by Gayle’s head. It allows kids to watch short vio monstratns ma by Gayle and a uple of other ternatnals and then pete to see who n bt replite the explas that he has spent the past few days on a jnt around England.

CHRIS GAYLE OPTS OUT OF CPL 2022, TURNS FOC TO 6IXTY

Which is barely enough for pleasantri, but on the other hand is also about as long as took Gayle to sre his fifty off 12 balls for the Melbourne Renegas 2016.

In many ways, Gayle is the most tertg cricketer of his generatn.

WNG GOALS: LTLE ROCK’S CHRIS GAYLE EY CHALLENG CUP

For the past has felt like any time, on any day, Gayle would be htg somebody for six scrib himself as “the most travelled man the history of cricket”. So what’s the bt thg about beg Chris Gayle?

CHRIS GAYLE

“The bt thg about beg Chris Gayle is that I am very, very, chilled, ” he says, stretchg out the send “very” for so long I wonr if he’s nodd Gayle plays a shot agast England a group stage match at the World T20 2016. Photograph: Indranil Mherjee/AFP/Getty ImagGayle says his proust achievement cricket was wng the World T20 2012 and 2016 “and the, what do you ll now, the Champns Trophy, when we beat England at the Oval.

“I never get trouble, never, not me, ” Gayle says when I ask aga how he felt about the cricism. “The Universe Boss Chris Gayle is a big name.