On Kings XI Punjab’s opener Chris Gayle, who smashed a whirlwind 63-ball 104 against SunRisers Hyderabad on Thursday, Legendary Virender Sehwag said there is no bigger entertainer than the effervescent 38-year-old who is T20 cricket’s most successful batsman.
“Nobody is a greater entertainer than him,” Sehwag said.
Gayle was not picked in the IPL auctions initially before Punjab decided to take T20 cricket’s most successful batsman for his base price of Rs.2 crore. Dropped for the first two games, Gayle helped Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings by notching up a 33-ball 63 before the hundred.
“That was a strategy because we had to buy other players also. He would have cost more if he was taken up in the first phase,” Sehwag explained.
“He was injured last season and it is difficult to score runs. Ask any cricketer, with a back injury, it’s difficult to score runs and that’s what he told us also. He missed a lot of games because he had pain in his back.”
