Gayle: I'd love to play one more World Cup. But don't think they'll allow me

Wearing a beaming smile and sunglasses under a helmet Universe Boss Chris Gayle seems to have played his last World Cup game and the bighitting Jamaican is hoping to exit the international stage in front of his home fansThe happenings inside the Sheikh Zayed Stadium during and after the T20 World Cup game against Australia suggested that the swashbuckling Gayle has played his final game as he walked off to a standing ovation from his teammates after scoring a nineball 15 on SaturdayThe Windies great was seen signing on the camera and also distributed his cricketing gears to the fans in the stands after his team lost the match by eight wicketsHowever later it came to light that he is only semiretired as of nowIm semiretired Im one away Chris Gayle said ahead of the game according to a report in the t20worldcupcomAfter the match speaking on the ICCs postmatch Facebook live show Gayle clarified he has not yet retired but hinted that he is set to sign offI was just having some fun today Put everything that happened aside I was just interacting with the fans in the stand and just having some fun seeing as its going to be my last World Cup gameAsked to clarify Gayle laughed Id love to play one more World Cup But I dont think they will allow me Its been a phenomenal career I didnt announce any retirement but they actually give me one game in Jamaica to go in front of my home crowd then I can say hey guys thank you so muchLets see If not Ill announce it long time and then Ill be joining DJ Bravo in the backend and say thanks to each and everyone but I cant say that as yetGayle 42 also dismissed Mitchell Marsh and celebrated by jumping on the Australian when he was on his way backIn his cameo Gayle bludgeoned Pat Cummins for six off the first ball of the third over to move to 15 but dragged the next delivery on to his stumpsAs his West Indies teammates gave a standing ovation by the boundary Gayle waved his bat to all corners of the ground as he left the pitch This was one ball after hitting his 1045th six in T20 cricket Very few players have had more impact on T20 cricket than Christopher Henry GayleGayle and Bravo were also given a guard of honour at the end of the game and it triggered speculations that both of them have retired when only Bravo had publicly announced that he will retire after Saturdays gameCommentator Ian Bishop said on air Everything points to this being the last time we will see Gayle in West Indies coloursFormer India star VVS Laxman led the plaudits describing Gayle as T20s greatest playerGayle who made his debut for the West Indies in 1999 was pivotal in their two Two World Cup successes and said he was thrilled to share his last match with his longtime teammate BravoA twotime T20 World Cupwinning superstar Gayle has 1899 runs in 79 T20Is He averaged 2811 and struck at 13731Gayles tally includes two centuries and 14 halfcenturies He also scalped 20 wickets in the shortest format A regular opener Gayle often batted at number 3 in the leadup to the T20 World CupIn his T20 career Gayle scored a total of 14321 runs from 445 innings including 22 centuries and a world record score of 175 off just 66 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2013 IPL seasonGayle hasnt played a Test match since 2014 while his last ODI appearance came in 2019 An allformat legend Gayle has 7214 runs in 103 Tests and 10480 runs in 301 ODIs He is a former West Indies captain tooAlso Read Well played Rahul DravidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever