IPL 2021: Twitter Shocked As Punjab Kings Leave Out Chris Gayle From Playing XI On His Birthday

Published - 21 Sep 2021, 09:54 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 07:31 PM

IPL 2021: Twitter Shocked As Punjab Kings Leave Out Chris Gayle From Playing XI On His Birthday
IPL 2021: Twitter Shocked As Punjab Kings Leave Out Chris Gayle From Playing XI On His Birthday

Fans were shocked after Universe Boss Chris Gayle was left out from the Punjab Kings playing XI on his 42nd birthday. Notably, instead of Universe Boss, Punjab Kings have included Aiden Markram as their 4th overseas player in the team.

KL Rahul and Chris Gayle
KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. (Credits: Twitter)

The 32nd match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 between Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals ( RR) and KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) finally began at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, September 21.

Yuzvendra Chahal, Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal. Image-Twitter

Chris Gayle has been one of the most successful batsman in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Also, he was having a great run with the Punjab Kings (PBKS) for the last few years. However, to everybody’s surprise, he was not included in playing XI in the game against RR.

So far Chris Gayle has smashed 4950 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at an outstanding average of 40.24 and strike rate of 149.45. Also, he has bagged as many as 6 centuries and 31 fifties in the cash-rich league.

Here is how Twitterati reacted to Chris Gayle missing out on playing XI

“Unfortunately Chris Gayle misses out”: Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, Punjab Kings
Chris Gayle (Image Credit: Twitter)

KL Rahul-led Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field first. Also during the toss, KL Rahul informed that they have benched Gayle and included Aiden because he was in good form in the recent series against Sri Lanka.

We’ll bowl first. It’s a no brainer, a fresh wicket with grass on. We don’t know how it will play and I prefer chasing. I was just telling a few people in the dressing room that it just felt like yesterday that we were playing IPL 2020. We have a lot that we’ve learnt from last year. We are all professionals and we have tried hard in the heat to prefer ourselves. Pooran, Markram, Rashid and Allen are our overseas players. Unfortunately, Chris Gayle misses out and Aiden has been in good form coming into our setup from Sri Lanka.”

PBKS Playing XI:

KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Adil Rashid, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel

RR Playing XI:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Evin Lewis, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi

Also Read: With Chris Morris In Our Side, I Feel That Happy Days Are Ahead Of Us: Sanju Samson

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