PBKS vs RR | Twitter reacts as Punjab Kings drop Chris Gayle from playing XI on his birthday

PBKS vs RR | Twitter reacts as Punjab Kings drop Chris Gayle from playing XI on his birthday

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Chris Gayle was dropped from PBKS playing XI on his birthday

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Punjab Kings, rather surprisingly, dropped ā€œUniverse Bossā€ Chris Gayle from their playing XI for their first game of IPL 2021 second leg against the Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday. The KL Rahul led side named Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Fabien Allen and Adil Rashid as their four overseas players.

Chris Gayle hasnā€™t been in the best of forms of late, having aggregated just 165 runs at 18.33 for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League. However, the dynamic left-hander has been a proven match-winner for the West Indies and various global T20 leagues, most significantly at the IPL.

Therefore, it was quite a surprise when the "Universe Boss" was overlooked by the Punjab Kings on Wednesday. Gayle, who celebrates his 42nd birthday on Wednesday, had scored 178 runs at 25.43 while maintaining a strike rate of 133.83. Whether heā€™ll be a major miss for the 2014 runners-up against RR, remains to be seen.

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CRUEL AND UNUSUALĀ 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYĀ 

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