This comes as a shocker, doesn’t it? After all, the big West
Indian was the one whose bat helped Mashrafe and his side win the Bangladesh
Premier League. However, the keyword is ‘bat’. With the bat, Gayle is demon—and
Mashrafe would trust Gayle’s bat with his life.
However, with the ball, he doesn’t really think too highly
of the West Indian. In an interview to Prothom Alo, the ODI captain of
Bangladesh revealed that the Jamaican was constantly bugging him for an over,
but the captain didn’t pay heed to it.
“Gayle told me, ‘there is only another wicket left – why aren’t
you giving me the ball, don’t you trust me?’” Mashrafe revealed.
However, it didn’t work as Mashrafe didn’t hand him the ball
then and there, saying, “I told him, ‘I won’t give you the ball even in the 20th
over’.”
However, he promised to give him the ball on one condition.
“But if more than 36 runs are needed in the last over, then
I will give you the ball,” Mashrafe promise Gayle.
In the end, the 34-year-old had to fulfil his promise as the
Dhaka franchise needed more than 36 runs in the final over and giving Gayle the
ball at that time was risk-free.
While this might be from a humourous aspect from the duo,
what can’t be denied is that the Rangpur captain doesn’t trust Gayle with the
ball like he does with the bat. The West Indian, however, bowled a wonderful
over as he gave away only 2 runs and came very close to taking a wicket.
Not half bad, eh?
Picture credit: The Financial Express