Former captain Chris Gayle's decision to give the entire home series against Pakistan a miss for the lucrative IPL has angered the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which described the opener's move as 'unacceptable and disappointing '.
Chris Gayle scripted yet another victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore, scoring an unbeaten 70, as they spanked Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League match, in Jaipur, on Wednesday. The victory took them to second place in the league standings.
A ballistic batsman himself, New Zealand opener Brendon McCullum on Tuesday picked West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, Indian opener Virender Sehwag and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as players capable of scoring a double hundred in One-Day Internationals. The 27-year-old opener said Twenty20 cricket has changed the mindset of the players.
The former West Indies captain said he was left with little choice after being ignored by the national selectors for the series against Pakistan.
Chris Gayle has finally broken his silence on his long feud with the West Indian Cricket Board, dismissing suggestions he did not want to play international cricket and laying the blame with the board.
Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on Virat Kohli's whirlwind half century and Chris Gayle's blitzkrieg to notch up a comfortable 26-run win over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League in Bangalore on Friday.
Down 0-2 in the ODI series against India but the West Indies continue to ignore Chris Gayle and have left out the explosive batsman from the squad for the third one-dayer, to be played in Antigua on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will field the same side that beat Mumbai Indians in the play-off when they taken on Chennai Super Kings in Saturday's IPL final.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle on Tuesday became the fourth batsman in Test history to score two triple hundreds, after slamming an entertaining 333 in the first Test against Sri Lanka, in Galle.
Harish Kotian picks his best from IPL 6 to make up an invincible team.
Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra will look to maintain his unbeaten streak in the prestigious Diamond League meet when he competes in a star-studded men's javelin throw field in Zurich on Thursday.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the limited over series against New Zealand after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, the West Indies Cricket Board said on Friday.
Pacemen Rao Iftikhar and Umar Gul took seven wickets to overshadow Chris Gayle's brilliant hundred as Pakistan beat the West Indies by 31 runs in the third one-dayer to wrap up a 3-0 series whitewash on Sunday.
They have jumped to the second spot in the points table with sixth consecutive win but the Royal Challengers Bangalore's stand-in skipper Virat Kohli is not ready to take their place in the IPL play-offs for granted.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle says he is more than likely to play in the opening Test with Australia next month even though it clashes with the Indian Premier League. He and fellow-West Indies batsmen Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul have signed up with teams in the IPL which begins on April 18.
Rohit Sharma achieved another significant milestone in his already impressive career by becoming the first Indian batsman to hit 300 sixes in One-day Internationals. In doing so, he joined an elite club alongside Chris Gayle (331 sixes) and Shahid Afridi (351 sixes) as one of the few to have hit more than 300 maximums in ODIs.
A fiery spell of fast bowling from Mitchell Starc and Varun Aaron followed by Chris Gayle's quickfire half-century helped Royal Challengers Bangalore crush Delhi Daredevils by a convincing 10-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in New Delhi, on Sunday.
After retiring from international cricket, former India captain Rahul Dravid might not have to deal with critics anymore, but he is continuing to face criticism from an unexpected quarter -- his two sons.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present the most valuable and paisa vasool players in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League.
Chris Gayle blasted a whirlwind unbeaten 128, studded with incredible 13 sixes, as Royal Challengers Bangalore thumped Delhi Daredevils by 21 runs to keep their play-offs hopes alive in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
Chief architect of their record run-chase against South Africa, England batsman Joe Root feels it wasn't a complete performance from his team but said the two-wicket win in the ICC World T20 match will give them a massive confidence boost.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present the most valuable players in IPL-4.
Another West Indian great Chris Gayle also agreed with Lara and said Dhawan deserved a century which he missed by just one run.
West Indies' opening batsman Chris Gayle rates the bowling of fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt and reckons the six-times Olympic gold medallist has what it takes to excel at the game.
West Indian swashbuckler Chris Gayle's devastating form will be a cause of immense worry for the inconsistent Kings XI Punjab when they clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL match in Mohali on Friday.
Triple Olympic and world champion sprinter Usain Bolt returned to his first love, cricket, and on Sunday he showed that he certainly knows how to handle both bat and ball.
Bested in the Twenty20 World Cup, revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on West Indies in the forthcoming ODI series, believes home side captain Chris Gayle.
At odds with the West Indies Cricket Board, explosive batsman Chris Gayle was on Monday left out of the squads announced for the lone Twenty20 and the first two one-dayers against India starting June 4.
Having knocked hosts England out of the Twenty20 World Cup, West Indies captain Chris Gayle is already dreaming the trophy after storming into the semi-finals via Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-marred Super Eight contest on Monday.
Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin insists that he is not losing sleep over making a limited-overs comeback for India and his immediate focus is on the 'big responsibility' of captaining Kings XI Punjab in the upcoming 11th season of the Indian Premier League.
The inaugural edition of the T10 league will witness a celebrity match on the final day.
West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle has had a scan and a painkilling injection to alleviate a back injury and should be ready to take on New Zealand on Saturday, according to all-rounder Darren Sammy.
Delhi Capitals outclass champions Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs for their first victory in IPL 2024.
At the end of the league stage Chris Gayle is still IPL6's most valuable player, according to Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle.
The West Indies have dropped experienced batting trio Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan for the upcoming One-Day Internationals against Pakistan.
Chris Gayle blasted one of the fastest half-centuries in Test cricket history to steer the West Indies to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second Test in Trinidad on Friday.
West Indies edged into a lead of 34 runs with three first innings wickets in hand on an attritional third day of the first Test against England at Sabina Park on Friday. The hosts had hoped to create an imposing total from the foundations built by centurions Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, who shared a 202-run partnership for the second wicket. West Indies finished the day on 352 for seven in reply to England's first innings total of 318.
Having smashed the bowlers around with impunity in the Indian Premier League, West Indies batting powerhouse Chris Gayle is ready to roll his arm over as well and chip in for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle analyse which players are giving value for money in the ongoing IPL.
Rediff.com put together a list of the fastest fifties and Chris Gayle, expectedly, leads the pack.
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