Royal Challengers Bangalore retains Chris Gayle

Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 12:17 pm , filed under News by Nad Nevil

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Chris Gayle most dominant batsmen in the cricket in shorter format of game have been retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the next two IPL seasons and the RCB has confirmed the news on Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has signed their batsmen Chris Gayle, who played last year as replacement of Drik Nanes, after remaining unsold in the initial auction. Gayle was in prime form in the IPL last year, and also played a crucial role in Royal Challengers’ journey to the final. He scored two centuries, three half-centuries, picked up eight wickets. He ended as the recipient of the Orange Cap for being the highest scorer in IPL 2011, Gayle even represents RCB in the Champions League.

In a statement Sidhartha Mallya, Director, Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd said that they were delighted to make Chris Gayle a permanent member of our IPL squad. The franchise is so confident that with players like him in their side, will take the extra step this season, and win our maiden IPL title. Chris Gayle stated that, to him Bangalore is like home away from home. He wanted to continue playing for them, and it turned out that they were keen to retain his services. Gayle finally added that he is looking forward to returning to Bangalore soon.

The IPL trading will be close on Friday, January 20, and the Royal Challengers had an option either to retain Gayle or leave him for open auction on February 4. The Mumbai Indians, a richer franchise than the Royal Challengers, were also keen to sign Gayle but RCB made use of their first rights to his services. Earlier, Mumbai brought KXIP keeper Dinesh Karthik for $2.35 million.

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