Chris Gayle: I have no respect for Curtly Ambrose

Chris Gayle and Curtly Ambrose

A comment by former West Indian fast bowler Curtly Ambrose that Chris Gayle will not be his automatic pick in the playing XI for the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman has angered the Universe Boss, who has hit back, saying, "I have no respect" for the legendary pace bowler.

Gayle, who created quite a stir by abruptly quitting the Punjab Kings bio-bubble recently to "mentally refresh" himself for the T20 World Cup, was a part of the 2012 and 2016 West Indies World Cup-winning sides.

"I am speaking about Curtly Ambrose. I am singling out Ambrose, one of your own. I highly respected him when I came into the West Indies team," Gayle said on The Island Tea Morning Show, a St Kitts-based radio station, on Tuesday.

"When I just joined the team, I looked up to this man. But I am now speaking from my heart. I don't know what, since he retired, what he had against Gayle.

"I can tell you personally, and you can let him know that Chris Gayle, the Universe Boss, has no respect for Curtly Ambrose whatsoever," added Gayle.

Ambrose recently targeted Gayle for his lack of form as he prepares for the T20 World Cup.

"For me, Gayle is definitely not an automatic choice for starting," Ambrose had said on a radio show in Barbados. "When you look at his exploits over the last 18 months, he has struggled not only for the West Indies, but other T20 franchises. The few home series we played, he hasn't had any scores of significance."

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