GAYLE SET TO MAKE WI RETURN FOR SRI LANKA SERIES

Chris Gayle is expected to return to West Indies’ T20 International squad for the first time in two years, when the side takes on the visiting Sri Lankans, next month.

Cricket West Indies are expected to announce a squad later this week but Gayle has broken up a stint with the Quetta Gladiators in the PSL to return to the Caribbean, having been given indications that he will feature in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka.

If he does play, it will be the first time he has represented West Indies in any format since August 2019, when he played a One Day International, ODI, against India.

The series will be exactly two years to the day since he last played a T20 international, against England in March 2019.

During his time away for the Caribbean side the big hitting opener says he takes comfort from advice he received from West Indies batting legend Brian Lara.

Gayle’s recall, under the captaincy of Kieron Pollard, marks a significant milestone in his career, as well as for West Indies, coming as it does in a year in which they will be preparing to defend their T20 world title.

That tournament is due to take place in India in October-November. The West Indies won the last edition of the tournament also in India, in 2016.