Gayle’s innings ‘birthday gift’ for his mother

Kolkata: After playing another match-winning knock in the Indian Premier League, a visibly satisfied Chris Gayle “dedicated” his 56-ball-96 to his mother, who is celebrating her birthday today.
“I want to say Happy birthday to mum, hope she’s watching and that was for you,” a beaming Gayle said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“It was good, both teams played well. Can’t complain, to be honest. I thought I ran well between the wickets. We kept losing wickets, then AB started well and we lost him. I think the turning point was batting with (Harshal) Patel, apart from Morkel dropping me,” Gayle said.
He was happy that Harshal was able to hit a six off Narine.
“I told Patel to try and hit a six off Narine and he said he’d try. He missed and I told him,”you need to try again,” and then he hit one. I told him don’t panic and take us home,” the big opener was all praise for his younger colleague.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli termed it as one of their better wins if not the best as they missed out on international bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Adam Milne.
“It’s one of our better wins, I won’t say the best. With two fast bowlers winnings the game for you, I was also delighted to see Gayle bat, the way he always bats in T20s. He’s getting back into fitness.” Said Kohli on Saturday. (PTI)