Test retirement far from sight for Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, recently, reminded his followers that he is still a Test cricketer and hasn’t retired from the longest format of the game. Gayle, who is currently playing for the Jamaica Tallawahs in the CPL, recently posted a picture of him chilling with his Caribbean mates Darren Sammy, Suleiman Benn, Ramnaresh Sarwan and others.

Gayle on this occasion took to his Instagram handle where he posted a picture of him along with fellow cricketers and wrote, “O Sammy, I ain’t no former Test player. Me nuh retire. Lol.”

West Indies Cricket has been in a turmoil for the past years or so due to the Players-Board conflict. Most of the big names like Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, and Sunil Narine have been long missing from the West Indies Test squad. The ‘club over country’ dispute and imbalance over pay structure has been the main reason for the crossing between the players.

Most recently, Sourav Ganguly also lashed out at the WICB for improper scheduling of the Test series which has overlapped the Caribbean Premier League.

Most of these stars are currently busy in the CPL. The Indians are currently dominating the hosts with a 1-0 lead and look set to win the 2nd game which is ongoing in Jamaica at the moment. Ganguly feels WICB must be held responsible for the one-sided contest and prioritising club over country.

“I think it is the ICC’s job to make sure this is happening (that best players represent the country at Test level) but I do not think ICC has control over these T20 leagues. We hold our IPL and we make sure the Indian Team is not playing anywhere else in the world so that is why the players are available for the IPL and players are then available to play for India.”