T20 World Cup: Cricket fraternity hails Chris Gayle, who may need performed his final T20I for West Indies

Chris Gayle, who may need performed his final T20Is for West Indies has been hailed by the cricket fraternity.

The swashbuckling Jamaican walked off to a standing ovation from his teammates after scoring a nine-ball 15 towards Australia on the T20 World Cup.Gayle, 42, bludgeoned Pat Cummins for six off the primary ball of the third over to maneuver to fifteen, however dragged the subsequent supply on to his stumps. As his West Indies team-mates gave a standing ovation by the boundary, Gayle waved his bat to all corners of the bottom as he left the pitch.Ohhh @henrygayle you are such a celebrity.The cricketing world will miss such a ravishing and vibrant character.Love the UNIVERSE BOSSAdios and am certain life publish this will likely be much more vibrant n Fun #CricketTwitter #WorldCupT20— DK (@DineshKarthik) November 6, 2021
Gayle hasn’t formally introduced his retirement but, however he has been part of an ageing West Indies staff on this ongoing match, which has struggled to get getting into its quest to defending the title it received greater than 5 years in the past.Has Chris Gayle simply checked Warner’s pocket for sandpaper #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/QUMM1ylFqp— England’s Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) November 6, 2021
Commentator Ian Bishop mentioned on air, “Everything factors to this being the final time we’ll see Gayle in West Indies’ colors.Former India star VVS Laxman led the plaudits, describing Gayle as T20’s best participant. Gayle, who made his debut for the West Indies in 1999, was pivotal of their two Two World Cup successes and mentioned he was thrilled to share his final match together with his long-time teammate Dwayne Bravo, who has simply introduced his retirement from the worldwide enviornment.One of the best T20I gamers of all time! Congratulations on an exquisite profession @henrygayle . You impressed a brand new era of gamers all around the globe, go nicely Universe Boss— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 6, 2021
Gayle has 1899 runs in 79 T20Is. He averaged 28.11 and struck at 137.31. Gayle’s tally consists of two centuries and 14 half-centuries. He additionally scalped 19 wickets within the shortest format.Beautiful. Well completed #Australia. By honouring and applauding Gayle and Bravo, you confirmed your class.— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 6, 2021
An all-format legend, Gayle has 7214 runs in 103 Tests and 10480 runs in 301 ODIs.Gayle’s West Indies team-mate Dwayne Bravo additionally made his ultimate worldwide look within the match. Gayle hasn’t performed a Test match since 2014 whereas his final ODI look got here in 2019.Two absolute greats of the format #T20WorldCup | #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/goggQA8DPW— ICC (@ICC) November 6, 2021