Gayle in hot water
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|| CF Correspondent ||
West Indies big-hitting veteran opener Chris Gayle is likely to be penalised for his recent outburst against Ramnaresh Sarwan, said Cricket West Indies [CWI] chief executive Ricky Skerritt and also hoping that it doesn't end his outstanding career.
The left-handed batsman Gayle, who was signed by St Lucia Zouks a franchise team of the Caribbean Premier League for the 2020 season, called his former teammate worse than coronavirus in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel.
"Sarwan, you are worse than the coronavirus right now. What transpired with the Tallawahs, you have a big part to play because you and the owner are like this (very close)," Gayle said.
However CWI chief, Skerritt said though it is an interpersonal battle between them but he is expecting that it will not die down so easily.
"I'm sure there is some kind of discussion taking place at the moment between Chris and the CPL because the CPL has rules which will come into view here because Chris is signed into a franchise team," Skerrit was quoted as saying in a West Indies daily.
Skerritt's also said that the incident wasn't fortunate and hoped it doesn't have an impact on Gayle's career.
"I hope it doesn't become a world matter in terms of the career of Mr Gayle, because it's been a very outstanding career and I really wouldn't want to see it brought to an end by this event," he added.
The opener claimed that his former teammate Sarwan was behind of his ouster as he wanted to take control of the franchise. But Tallawahs said the decision not to retain the 40-year-old doesn't include Sarwan at all and it was based purely on business and cricketing reasoning.
However, Skerritt said that as Gayle is a contracted player in the CPL so such behaviour can bring into a contract disrepute.
"It's certainly not something that I enjoyed looking at or reading about …. Personally, I think that was unfortunate, but the process will have to take its course and that process will get triggered because he is a contracted player in the CPL within the West Indies league,” Skerritt said.
"If a player is contracted to a club or a franchise or to Cricket West Indies … that kind of behaviour brings that contract into some level of disrepute," he concluded.
