Soon turning 42, despite his age Chris Gayle alwayshelps to produce scores and performs actions that always lead his team toglow in the field. While performing the T20 internationals against Australia hehad a lot of pressure on himself and he scored 13 and 4 in both matches. Butin the third match of the T20 Chris was back with a boom and scored 67 runswhich contributed to the victory of West Indies against Australia by 6 wickets.
With this victory, West Indies is now left with two moregames to play. After the match, Gayle told that every person watching himshould be delighted seeing the ‘Universe Boss’ on the field.
ESPNcricinfo said, “My main focus is the World Cup. Don'tmind the numbers, Chris Gayle not getting the runs, soon to be 42. You guysshould be happy to see Chris Gayle on the field still, hopefully, Chris willlast as long as possible. Cherish those moments, commentators don't put up nostats about Chris Gayle not scoring a half-century. Just respect the UniverseBoss, let him play cricket and have some fun. Enjoy the moment with ChrisGayle, a strong West Indies team and some good youngsters” while addressingGayle.
During the third match, Gayle became the first player tohit 14000 runs in the shortest time phase of the match. The West Indies team’sbowling scheme didn’t allow Australia to score 141/6 before they chased theAustralians without any effort with 31 balls.
The swashbuckler further said, "It's a greatjourney. I'm so happy and so pleased to get a series win first of all. I justwant to commend the stand-in captain Nicholas Pooran for winning a fantasticseries against a great team. To Kieron Pollard, he played a big part as welleven though he played in none of these games. You all knew I was strugglingwith the bat and to be able to get some runs today was very pleasing. I want to dedicate theseruns to my teammates. Especially Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo. Sometimes, nomatter how great you are, you need to get some talking to. The strength andunity in this team is immense”