Gayle to hang his bat after home series against India

Manchester (PTI): Dashing West Indies batsman Chris Gayle will retire from international cricket after the home ODI and Test series against India scheduled in August-September, revising his earlier plan to call it quits after the ongoing World Cup. Among the high profile players in the last two decades, Gayle will follow the in footsteps of Steve Waugh (2004) and Jacques Kallis (2013), who announced their international retirement after playing against India. It is expected that Gayle will play his final international game, a Test against India, at his home ground Kingston in Jamaica starting August 30.

India's tour of West Indies comprises three T20 Internationals, three ODIs followed by a couple of Test matches. There will be two T20 games in Florida on August 3 and 4, followed by a third in Guyana.

Gayle has appeared in 103 Tests, accumulating 7215 runs at an average of 42.19. In 294 ODI appearances, Gayle put together 10345 runs, while in 58 T20 Internationals, he has 1627 runs. He has two triple hundreds in Test matches, a double hundred in ODIs and also has the distinction of scoring the first hundred in a World T20 game.