West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has hit out at selectors for ignoring him and several other players for the tri-series against Australia and South Africa. Bravo along with Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Chris Gayle haven't been selected for the series, as they are no longer contracted with the West Indies Cricket Board. WI selectors have included Keiron Pollard and Sunil Narine, who had missed out from the World T20 due to injury but have ignored these stars from the champion team. "Joke of the day: WI selectors one minute Pollard & Narine were not good enough & now are perfect for Tri Nation series? It's like magic!," he tweeted.
There is still a lot of time left before the fifth edition of the IPL kick-starts, but most of the franchises have a few common queries and concern regarding the controversial 'Player Retention' issue as well as the status of last edition's Orange Cap winner Chris Gayle for the coming editions.
Chris Gayle heads into the World Cup with a reputation as one of the world's most fearsome strokeplayers but also as a player who needs consistent big-tournament success to match his undoubted talent.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
The very mention of Chris Gayle irritated a normally soft-spoken West Indies skipper Darren Sammy who couldn't hide being sarcastic remarks when asked whether he is missing the prolific opener considering the state of his batting line-up.
Explosive batsman Chris Gayle was once again left out, while fast bowler Fidel Edwards made his return to the 13-member West Indies squad named for the first Test against India starting on Monday.
Lungi Ngidi bowled the most economical figures of this season's IPL to uproot Punjab's innings.
Fit-again opener Adrian Barath made his way in but the explosive Chris Gayle was once again left out of the 13-member West Indies squad for the fifth and final one-dayer against India in Jamaica on Thursday.
A formidable lead in hand, an inspired Team India will be aiming to seal the series when they take on a depleted and low-on-confidence West Indies in the third cricket ODI of the five-match series, in Antigua on Saturday.
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.
Disappointed with West Indies' poor batting during the four-wicket loss to India in the first one-dayer, Ramnaresh Sarwan bemoaned the absence of the explosive Chris Gayle in the hosts' line-up.
Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian in former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum's all-time cricketing eleven, which is led by West Indian great Vivian Richards.
In recent weeks we have reflected, and acknowledge that black players and fans, who have contributed so much to the history of our game, now feel disenfranchised. They do not feel as if cricket is a game for them. This must change.'
Overwhelmed by the adulation of the fans during the IPL, West Indies batsman Chris Gayle on Saturday said the love and respect he has got during the Twenty20 event here eludes him back home.
# Gayle and Badrinath are the only two batsmen to have recorded five innings of fifty-plus in the present competition.
Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said Chris Gayle's blitzkrieg in the first five overs coupled with his team's inconsistent batting cost them the match on Friday.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming has said that Royal Challengers Bangalore was lucky to get Chris Gayle in its side and any team that would be playing against RCB should ensure that the West Indies opener gets out cheaply.
They have secured the top spot in the points table after being placed at the bottom at one stage and the man who turned things around for the team is the in-form Chris Gayle, said Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori.
Chris Gayle's blazing form in the Indian Premier League continued as he butchered the Chennai Super Kings bowlers to score an unbeaten 75 off 50 balls to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive eight-wicket win in Bangalore on Sunday.
Highly impressed with Virender Sehwag's pyrotechnics, former England cricketer Derek Pringle has rated the dashing Indian opener as the greatest batsman of the decade.
Chris Gayle plundered 38 runs in a 12-ball blitzkrieg as Royal Challengers Bangalore scored an emphatic fourwicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders under Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-truncated match to seal a play-offs berth in Indian Premier League.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
"Enough is enough", said West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as he opened up on the raging issue of racism and called for "respect and equality" for black people, who have faced discrimination for years. Bravo joined the likes of his former captain Darren Sammy and Chris Gayle in denouncing racism in the wake of African-American George Floyd's killing at the hands of a white police officer in the United States.
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo is hoping that the showing of Chris Gayle and Co in IPL-4 will make the selectors back home realise what they are missing.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle take a look at the worth of the key players in the ongoing T20 extravaganza.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni retained No 1 position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after West Indies' big guns Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to make an impression in the series against England, which ended on Tuesday. Gayle went into the series trailing Dhoni by 33 points but after aggregating just 42 runs from it, the Jamaican dropped one place to third while team mate Chanderpaul moved to second after a series contribution of 95 runs.
Their 68 run partnership guided the Kings XI home.
After asserting that Mark Benson left the Australia-West Indies Test series mid-way on purely health reasons, the ICC on Tuesday admitted that 'pressure' played a part in influencing the English umpire's decision.
Virat Kohli scored a breezy half century to help Royal Challengers Bangalore eke out a narrow three-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier League match at Ferozshah Kotla on Tuesday.
Opener Chris Gayle tormented Sri Lanka with a career best 333 as West Indies took control of the first Test in Galle before declaring on 580-9 on Tuesday.
After blazing his way to an unbeaten century off only 55 balls, Chris Gayle didn't show any inhibitions in admitting that he is an entertainer whom the people would love to watch.
The 30-year-old leg-spinner said watching Yuzvendra Chahal and Sundar bowl during RCB's thumping 82-run win over KKR a few days before helped him find the right length at the same small Sharjah ground.
West Indies head into World Cup with little or no expectations of success.
Michael Hussey's innings is the highest by a number seven batsman in ICCWT20. Interestingly, Hussey himself held the previous record with an unbeaten 47 against Bangladesh at Bridgetown on 05-05-2010.
Hosts West Indies, led from the front by captain Chris Gayle, ensured India's exit from the ongoing ICC World T20 with a convincing 14-run win in their Group F Super Eight match at Kensington Oval, Bridgetwon (Barbados), on Sunday.
"Stunning day at the beach with the boys," Kohli posted
West Indies' top players will make themselves available for the summer tour to Australia, despite their ongoing dispute with cricket administrators, local media quoted all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as saying.
Images from Monday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab, in Hyderabad.
Images from the World Cup match between West Indies and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Monday.
He is one of the most devastating batsmen in one-day cricket, but West Indies opener Chris Gayle is not satisfied being just that. He wants to be the best all-rounder of the ongoing World Cup.
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