will need to rebuild with its good crop of young players and evolve as the format has since those magical days!' Rebuild is the need of the hour and in all likelihood, Gayle will not be a part of that. Winners in 2012, semi-finalists in 2014 and winners in 2016. Minutes after Gayle's dismissal and with the Caribbeans going deeper in the mire, a post from Samuel Badree popped up on Twitter. A West Indies team that won the 20 World T20 titles is fast reaching the end of a cycle. Arguably the greatest T20 batsman in the history of the game, Gayle is ending with a whimper. Singles and twos that he always abhorred, were never going to make up for a power-hitting slump, at 42 years of age. As he trudged back to the dug-out, it felt like the end of an era.įour matches and 30 runs at this World Cup, the 'Six Machine' has hit only one over-boundary in this tournament yet. The self-styled 'Universe Boss', who overpowered bowling of every ilk for two decades, fell prey to a length ball from Binura Fernando because he couldn't give enough power to his shot. Gayle at the T20 World Cup in Dubai, UAE (AP Photo)Ĭhris Gayle's dismissal against Sri Lanka had a touch of melancholy.

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