Chris Gayle, the explosive batsman from West Indies, who amazed everyone with his knocks in IPL 2011 was already out of the team playing T20 and ODI matches against India. And Gayle is highly unlikely to play even in the test series.
As we know, due to the offensive comment against the WICB on a radio interview in April, he was not included in the team playing against India. But now, after a heated meeting yesterday night with the West Indies Cricket Board, Gayle's cricket future itself is in doubt. The meeting is said to be ended in a stalemate as the board was in no mood to compromise, refusing to negotiate unless Gayle retracted statements he made. On the other hand, Gayle who was present at the three-hour meeting along with board members was also not ready to retract from his sayings. Gayle camp's said this prediction made by the board was an indication that the WICB wanted to end the international career of this former West Indies captain.
Board said that if Gayle retracts his statements, they would likely view the incident as a minor indiscretion, penalize him accordingly, and select him for the upcoming matches. But as per the player's camp, they are not willing to let him play anymore and they are all set to end up his career. Board just want him to beg and apologize even after Gayle is willing to bury the past and move on.
Its likely that the career of this amazing player, excellent with both bat and ball, may go down the same road as that of Andrew Symonds, who now plies his trade only as a freelance player in domestic Twenty20 events across the world and does not play for Australia.
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