JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – An upset Chris Gayle has blasted the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies squad for next month’s World Cup as “ridiculous”, and says it smacks of victimisation.
Speaking after firing West Indies to an historic victory in the second Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Wanderers on Sunday, the maverick opener lashed out at selectors for axing the all-rounders, arguing the move weakened the One-Day side.
“How can those two guys not be in the team? To me it got to be like victimisation when you look at it towards those two guys,” Gayle said.
“Come on, guys. It is just ridiculous. Come on. Ridiculous. [I’m] really hurt. Ridiculous. Honestly, it throw me off. We can only talk. We can express our feelings, which I’m doing at this point in time. The squad already is announced. It is just sad.”
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