WHY CHRIS GAYLE WASN'T RETAINED BY RCB?
If you are an IPL fan,then Chris Gayle must be a household name for you.And why shouldn't he be,this West Indian dynamite has scored 3626 runs in 101 matches in IPL at an average of 41.He started his IPL career with KKR,but at 2011,they didn't retain him and he went unsold in the auctions.Luckily for him,Dirk Nannes of RCB got injured in the middle of the season and he was called up.In his very first match versus his previous team KKR,he had shown them that they had committed a huge mistake,by scoring a century against them.After that day till now,he has won two orange cups and not to forget the unbelievable 175 not out versus Pune Warriors India.Popularly known as World Boss,Chris Gayle didn't have a very convincing IPL last year.But still many fans of RCB expected that he would be retained this year,but to their utter surprise he wasn't.
Virat Kohli opens up on why Chris Gayle wasn't retained:
Virat Kohli,who has been a very good friend of Gayle,recently spoke in an interview as to why Gayle wasn't picked up by RCB this year.In the interview,he said:“He has done a great job for RCB over the past few years but looking
at the team dynamics for the next three years the decision was taken. We
thought of infusing new people who will give us the kind of balance we
require.”
He added, “I do not want to take anything away from Chris as we just decided to go in with the balance that can sustain the team in the next three years. We did not want to be relying on two or three people all the time.”
Chris Gayle was picked up by Kings 11 Punjab at a base price of Rs. 2 crore:
Gayle fans were a bit tensed on the first day of the auctions when he wasn't selected by any franchise.But luckily KXIP bought him on the next day.IPL somehow is incomplete without Gayle.And even RCB fans will be happy to see him in IPL,although in a different team.7 years back when Gayle wasn't picked by KKR,we all know what he did.Lets see if this year he can do the same.
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