Gayle to join BPL’s Chittagong Vikings
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle

WEST Indies star batsman Chris Gayle has signed up with Bangladesh Premier League’s (BPL) Chittagong Vikings for the 2016-2017 season.Gayle, who previously played for Barisal Bulls, will, however, not be available to play for the team until the latter half of the tournament.
The Vikings, who finished last season at the bottom of the points table, have done major retooling for the new season.
In addition to Gayle the team has added Dwayne Smith and Shoaib Malik, both of whom played for Comilla Victorians last season, and Rangpur Riders’ Chaturanga de Silva and Mohammad Nabi.
Gayle scored a total of 139 runs for Barisal last season. Smith has, however, not played in the tournament in 2013, while de Silva finished as the leading wicket-taker in this year’s Dhaka Premier League.
Mahela Jayawardene, meanwhile, is set to join his teammate Kumar Sangakkara at Dhaka Dynamites, who also signed up Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo and Ravi Bopara.
Jason Holder, Lendl Simmons, Ryan ten Doeschate, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Grant Elliott, Ahmed Shehzad and Herschelle Gibbs will be the other star attractions at the players’ draft.

(Sportsmax.com)

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