SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 19 Gayle storm warning! Veteran West Indies batsman foresees sixes at 2019 World Cup

ing that. He is the man who made those things possible,” said Gayle -- the self-proclaimed ‘Uni- verse-Boss’ on Twitter. The explosive left-hander “Overall everything has changed, Test • has changed. It’s more entertaining for people who will be 39 in September come to watch the game.” KNOW WHAT But his run-scoring antics have not necessarily • Holds the T20 record helped West Indies in recent times. of 18 sixes in an innings ‘Kohli inspires’ Kis run-scoring antics West Indies dominated world cricket in the 1970s • Gayle equalled former and 80s but are now ranked seventh in T20s, ninth have not helped West Pakistan batsman Shahid in ODI and eighth in Test matches. Indies in recent times Afridi’s record of 476 sixes “Things won’t just happen overnight. Talent is in all formats there but consistency is not there. Players need to New Delhi, India go out there and have the self-belief to win series and not just win a one-off game,” he said. “Get into the habit of winnings series. It’s a long eteran West Indies process. We definitely have a bright future with lot batsman is of youngsters coming in,” he opined. Vconfident he will still Gayle is tipping names like Evin Lewis, Shimron be hitting sixes at the World Cup Hetmyer and to make an impact at the next year and insists his explo- World Cup in England next year. sive style has changed the one- disagrees. Gayle also hailed his former Royal Challengers day game. “Leading up to the 2019 World Cup and play in Bangalore IPL teammate Virat Kohli for his gritty Gayle is a well known one- England, that is the objective to meet,” Gayle told 149 that lifted India against England in the first Test. day mercenary appearing in T20 reporters in New Delhi on Friday. Kohli defied critics and dragged India from a events around the world and has “We are going to have a discussion with the se- precarious 100-5 to 274 in response to England’s scored more than 3,000 runs in the lectors, and coach and see how we go about 287 in the first innings. Indian Premier League -- including it,” the batsman added. “It was a fantastic innings and a captain’s knock. hundreds of boundaries. He hit 142 Gayle equalled former Pakistan batsman Shahid He converts a lot of those half-centuries into hun- runs in a recent one-day internation- Afridi’s record of 476 sixes in all formats during his dreds which is very good,” said Gayle. al series against Bangladesh that the 73-run knock in the third match against Bangladesh “From the captain’s point of view he boosts his West Indies lost 2-1. this week. players up to have that self-belief to go there and The explosive left-hander will be 39 He also holds the T20 record of 18 sixes in an and win games,” he added. in September however and his often innings during a Bangladesh Premier League game “The way he batted with the tail enders, you can Chris Gayle of West Indies runs during the rocky relationship with the West Indies last year and says his smash-the-ball style has see the guys were very determined. Because of his 2nd ODI match between West Indies and Cricket Board has led critics to predict changed the limited-overs game. presence they play with more and more guts and Bangladesh at Guyana National Stadium, the end of his international career. He “I think you want to thank Mr. Gayle for do - determination.” Providence, Guyana Tiger ready to roar again Lampard returned to football St. Louis, United States because he ‘missed the bug’

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