I want to play my part with both bat and ball: Gayle – Cricket News Update
Hard-hitting batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, currently associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the ongoing 5th edition of the Indian Premier League, wants both his batting and bowling performances to be equally up to par.
The Royal Challengers are currently at number 4 on the tournament points table, having won 4 of their 8 matches so far. After a slow start to the season (which saw him scoring a mere 2 runs in the first match against the Kolkata Knight Riders), the 32-year-old
scored a superb 68 off 35 against the Chennai Super Kings on April 12. He followed that up with similarly remarkable performances, scoring an 81 against the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833.
“It is good to get some runs at the start. Hopefully, can continue and capitalise on the start and try and make the best use of it,” the Jamaican batsman said regarding his batting performances.
“As a player you want to start well and have some confidence. It is a situation where you get a start but you don't want to settle for it and want to keep going.”
However, while his outings with the bat have enabled his team to clinch a series of victories, he has only been given a chance to bowl once, in a match against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals during which he registered figures of 0 for 21. The right-arm spinner insisted
that he wished to contribute with an all-round performance, and would be up to the task whenever captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384 chose to hand him an over
“I want to play my part with both bat and bowl. I am ready for the chance whenever the captain asks me,” the allrounder said.
However, despite successful outings in the IPL, as well as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League which preceded it (during which Gayle registered scores such as 116, and an unbeaten 30 off 16 balls for the Barisal Burners), the left-hander claimed that his status
in his national team was still unclear, though he added that it was “absolutely relaxing” to not have to worry about international cricket.
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