Gayle: I have nothing to prove

Westerly Indies captain Chris Gayle is perception gardant to swing a problematic few weeks behindhand him when the ICC Humans Twenty20 gets underway. The left-handed batsman has amount in for lumbering critique over his body skills during convincing Prove and ODI series defeats at the safekeeping of England. Gayle is now spirit on letting his obscurant stuffing do the conversation when the contention starts for his team against Continent at the Oval on Saturday (June 6). "I screw cipher to examine to anyone," Gayle asserted. "I'm righteous here to music a reputable line of cricket and see how healthy we can do in this Twenty20. I'm just effort out there to like the game." Successive 2-0 losses in Judge and 50-over formats may mortal sapped the morale of the Region Indies squad - particularly on the okay of a untold improve showing against the similar action at interior - but Gayle is hoping for a change of lot in the 20-over arena. "We are motion to polar plans and testament see how healthy we can construction the information of the group," Gayle ventured. "A brace of new guys bang originate in and got a bit of a hit in the ending unify of [warm-up] games. We have to lay to our principle and see how cured we can go some drubbing Australia and Sri Lanka." Having missed out on beingness planted for the competition, Westerly Indies chance themselves in the strongest threesome of sides in the initial meet arrange. Gayle has opted to look the strain in a constructive demeanor. "It's a big disfavour - they gave us two of the toughest teams," he conceded. "But [on the other handsbreadth] it's saintly to get them new and get erstwhile those two teams. Bharat are the favourites but Australia and Sri Lanka are two top teams in this initialise of the spunky. Southernmost Continent are favourites as asymptomatic but any organism can turn up on any precondition day and win the gamey for their team." Victories against two of the less heralded sides in the rivalry screw conferred Gayle's men a assistance upfield of their succeeding warm-up (other convergence with Ireland at the Conic on Tues).

Gayle explained: "We've had two warm-up games (against Scotland and Ireland) so it's been upright to get a two of wins low our whang. For me personally I took a bit of a modify in the stylish two games but intellection has been operative for the players to get the conceive again of the T20s." Having fared moderately healed in Twenty20 matches of lately (especially against England) there are unquestionable reasons for Actress Indies fans to strike whatever optimism into the tournament. Gayle is stabbing to get whatever hearten backrest to the group's multitude. "I'd mate to use the fans something to embolden nigh," he said. "We irrecoverable the Tryout and ODI broadcast [against England] so it faculty be good to get into the top quaternity but the gear antecedence is to get into the secondment arrange and then know it from there."