West Indian batting legend Chris Gayle has spoken in regards to the time Jamaican spring king Usain Bolt obtained his wicket in a pleasant sport which led the flamboyant batter to problem the sprinter to a race.
“Until at the present time, he’s nonetheless afraid of me. Doesn’t need to see me on a 100m monitor,” Gayle tells ICC in a brand new video launched by cricket’s world governing physique earlier than breaking right into a chuckle.
He goes on so as to add: “After all I’m a sprinter. All Usain Bolt might be seeing is a whole lot of mud and the Universe Boss simply happening the stretch.”
To this, Bolt responds: “Everyone knows Chris can’t run. Now we have seen him. We all know Chris doesn’t do fast singles or something. We’re not apprehensive about Chris.”
I’m simply gonna go away this proper right here for the followers to determine @henrygayle 🤫 pic.twitter.com/IhDx5XDVkj
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) April 24, 2024
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Responding to this, Gayle says: “That’s an enormous lie. I run a whole lot of ones, twos, threes, you title it… typically even fours. So Bolt, get your working spikes prepared. And if you wish to carry another athlete alongside, , Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, anyone. Anyone gonna come fourth. And it’s not me!”
Speaking about Bolt taking his wicket, Gayle stated that the incident had occurred at a charity match the place Bolt had bowled a “rattling good bouncer” at him, following which he advised himself to not maintain again on the “enjoyable sport”.
“After the bouncer I stated to myself, it’s a enjoyable sport. What am I doing? So I begin smashing him. Hit him for one or two sixes and doubtless for just a few fours. Then, finally, I get an inside edge onto the stumps,” stated Gayle.
Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, has been named as an envoy for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Bolt grew up enjoying cricket within the Caribbean Island of Jamaica. He turned his consideration to athletics and working when urged to strive monitor and subject occasions by his cricket coach in highschool.
“Coming from the Caribbean the place Cricket is part of life, the game has all the time held a particular place in my coronary heart, and I’m honoured to be a part of such a prestigious match. I sit up for bringing my vitality and enthusiasm to the World Cup and contributing to the expansion of cricket globally,” he advised ICC.
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