Chris Gayle looking forward to Test cricket challenge – Cricket News Update
After playing a vital role in West Indies’ maiden World T20 victory in Sri Lanka last month, the talismanic Jamaican opener, Chris Gayle is looking forward to the challenges of five-day cricket against lowly ranked Bangladesh.
Gayle, 33, was the key contributor in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221’s unbeaten 75 against a fierce Australian pace attack in the World Cup semi-final was the highlight of the tournament, as it allowed the Windies to confirm their first ever World T20 final berth with a 74-run win.
However, the Jamaican left-hander, who smashed maximum sixes in the marquee tournament, believes the challenge would be much bigger come the first Test of the two-match series, in Dhaka, on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.
"I am happy to be a part of the World Twenty20, it feels good. It's a milestone," said Gayle of West Indies's World T20 triumph in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 last month. "But we have to play well in the longer format of the game, that has been our major challenge. I have made the necessary adjustments from limited overs cricket to Tests and it will be a challenge," the hard-hitting left-hander added further.
Chris Gayle is currently in Bangladesh with the Caribbean squad to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals and a T20 International. The two-match series against the Bengali Tigers will be only Gayle’s second five-day assignment since returning to the Caribbean setup in June, after a more-than-a-year self-exile following disagreements with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
The 33-year-old veteran opener, who has so far played 93 Tests, and averages above 42 with the bat, warned his side against complacency insisting that it is always play the Bengali Tigers on their home grounds.
"It’s always difficult to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in Bangladesh," said Gayle. "But you know guys are good, even though we won the series last time we came here, but they have got good players. They have a captain who leads from the front."
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