Chris Gayle To Play In Everest Premier League

Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has joined yet another T20 team and confirmed the news on Thursday. The left-handed batsman will play in the upcoming fourth edition of the Everest Premier League, Nepal’s domestic T20 tournament. Chris Gayle will be plying his trade for Pokhara Rhinos in the tournament, which is scheduled to begin on February 29.

The former West Indies skipper released a video on Twitter where he confirmed the news of his participation in the competition. He also urged the fans to support the tournament as he expressed his excitement to play in it for the very first time.

“I will be visiting Nepal for the biggest sporting event, the Everest Premier League,” Chris Gayle said in a video message on Twitter. “Come and support my team Pokhara Rhinos and be part of a magnificent cricket fiesta.”

Chris Gayle recently played in the Bangladesh Premier League. Representing Chattogram Challengers in the second half of the tournament, he scored 144 runs in four games. Before that he was in South Africa and represented Jozi Stars in the Mzansi Premier League.

After a disastrous spell in South Africa, the veteran batsman took a “break” from cricket for the rest of 2019, even expressing his unavailability to the West Indies selectors for the ODI series in India. During a recent media interaction in Dhaka, the 40-year-old said that he will continue playing T20s for a while yet.

He was also not part of West Indies’ recently concluded home series against Ireland. However, the West Indies team-management and the selectors made it clear that Chris Gayle was always welcome in the T20I side. Chris Gayle last played for West Indies during the home series against India. He played in the ODI series while his last T20I appearance came in March 2019 against England.

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