RCB to retire jersey numbers worn by AB Villiers, Chris Gayle - The Hdu

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• RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS WORN BY AB VILLIERS, CHRIS GAYLE
• RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS WORN BY AB VILLIERS, CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE
• ROH SHARMA, CHRIS GAYLE DON JERSEY NUMBER 45' BEFORE 1ST ODI VS WDI; SEE PIC
• ROH SHARMA, CHRIS GAYLE DON JERSEY NUMBER ‘45’ BEFORE 1ST ODI VS WDI; SEE PIC
• RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS 17 AND 333 AS A TRIBUTE TO AB VILLIERS AND CHRIS GAYLE

RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS WORN BY AB VILLIERS, CHRIS GAYLE

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will retire the jersey numbers worn by AB Villiers and Chris Gayle. The two cricketg legends - Gayle and De Villiers - are ducted to the Indian Premier League (IPL) si's Hall of Fame on March 26. "Jersey numbers 17 and 333 will be retired forever as a tribute to @ABVilliers17 and @henrygayle, when we duct the legends of RCB to the Hall of Fame, " RCB No.

17 had bee synonymo wh Villiers, who played 11 seasons (2011-2021) for RCB and sred 4, 491 ns 156 match for the charismatic South Ain cricketer also slammed 37 half-tons and two centuri for RCB, wh a hight sre of 133 not out Villiers, who announced his retirement om all forms of cricket November 2021, had a strike rate touchg 152 for Virat Kohli, Villiers posted five 100-pl partnerships for RCB and two 200-pl stands, the only pair the world to post two such Indian hard hter Gayle played for RCB for seven season (2011-2017) and his jersey No. RCB will retire the jersey numbers worn by AB Villiers and Chris Gayle.

RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS WORN BY AB VILLIERS, CHRIS GAYLE

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will retire the jersey numbers worn by AB Villiers and Chris Gayle when the two cricketg legends are ducted to the Indian Premier League (IPL) si's Hall of Fame on March 26. "Jersey numbers 17 and 333 will be retired forever as a tribute to @ABVilliers17 and @henrygayle, when we duct the legends of RCB to the Hall of Fame, " RCB numbers 17 and 333 will be retired forever as a tribute to @ABVilliers17 and @henrygayle, when we duct the legends of RCB to the Hall of Fame, at the #RCBUnbox prented by Walkers and Co.

CHRIS GAYLE

Wt Indian hard hter Gayle played for RCB for seven season (2011-2017) and his jersey No. Gayle began his stt wh Kolkata Knight Rirs 2009, before movg to RCB, where he served the longt stt wh an IPL anchise.

Chris Gayle Jersey Number: 33310. Chris Gayle Jersey Number: 333An aggrsive Jamain left-hanr, Gayle received a black mark on his ial senr tour to England 2000.

CHRIS GAYLE

But sce then, Gayle has benefed om havg no rpect—at least for the bowlers of the n oblerate the numbers of even the most ugal openg bowlers thanks to his height and domance at the crease. And Gayle has flourished more than any other batsman this age of Twenty20 cricket fans are likely aware of the image of Chris Gayle donng the jersey featurg the number 333 on the back. Addnally wearg jersey number 175, Chris Gayle rerd his greatt sre the 20-over format.

In the T-20 universe, Chris Gayle is a Godzilla (UNIVERSE BOSS). Like Godzilla, he has amed many cricket enthiasts while harmg a group of people who will never be Chris Gayle fans and have fallen prey to the “GAYLE-STORM” tired cheerlearsThe unlucky birds stayg the stadiumThe pack of bowlers gettg hammered by Gayle10. 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.

ROH SHARMA, CHRIS GAYLE DON JERSEY NUMBER 45' BEFORE 1ST ODI VS WDI; SEE PIC

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.

ROH SHARMA, CHRIS GAYLE DON JERSEY NUMBER ‘45’ BEFORE 1ST ODI VS WDI; SEE PIC

- 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.

RCB TO RETIRE JERSEY NUMBERS 17 AND 333 AS A TRIBUTE TO AB VILLIERS AND CHRIS GAYLE

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.

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.