No grudge against KKR: Gayle
29 April 2012 5:25 PM GMT
It is a team which decided against retaining him while he was a part of it but West Indian Chris Gayle, who is now flourishing playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, says he has no hard feelings for Kolkata Knight Riders owners.
The Jamaican was seen exchanging pleasantries with his KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan after their match and Gayle said he has no grudge against the Knight Riders.
Describing Khan as a very friendly person, Gayle said: 'Obviously, I had been a part of KKR (few years ago). He (Shah Rukh) is a respectable and loving man. I was just happy to see him again. There is no grudge. We are all family. In the middle, you are fighting a battle and both teams would want to win. But in this format, there is never going to be a grudge.'
Gayle's 86 off 58 balls was not enough to see Royal Challengers Bangalore through while chasing 191 as they lost by 47 runs in their return leg fixture against KKR here last night.
'It's unfortunate to be on the losing side. But that's the game of cricket. (Gautam) Gambhir batted well and we had two tough chances,' Gayle said about the two reprieves Gambhir got while batting on 5 and 13.
Gayle said chasing 191 was always going to be difficult especially against the spinners on a slow Eden wicket.
'On this sort of a wicket, 160-170 would have been a good total to chase. Then KKR's two spinners played a big part in restricting our run flow. 191 was always going to be difficult on this surface. Losing early wickets set us on the backfoot,' he said. .
The Jamaican was seen exchanging pleasantries with his KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan after their match and Gayle said he has no grudge against the Knight Riders.
Describing Khan as a very friendly person, Gayle said: 'Obviously, I had been a part of KKR (few years ago). He (Shah Rukh) is a respectable and loving man. I was just happy to see him again. There is no grudge. We are all family. In the middle, you are fighting a battle and both teams would want to win. But in this format, there is never going to be a grudge.'
Gayle's 86 off 58 balls was not enough to see Royal Challengers Bangalore through while chasing 191 as they lost by 47 runs in their return leg fixture against KKR here last night.
'It's unfortunate to be on the losing side. But that's the game of cricket. (Gautam) Gambhir batted well and we had two tough chances,' Gayle said about the two reprieves Gambhir got while batting on 5 and 13.
Gayle said chasing 191 was always going to be difficult especially against the spinners on a slow Eden wicket.
'On this sort of a wicket, 160-170 would have been a good total to chase. Then KKR's two spinners played a big part in restricting our run flow. 191 was always going to be difficult on this surface. Losing early wickets set us on the backfoot,' he said. .
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