PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Cricket super star Chris Gayle has announced that he will be out of action for about three months to undergo corrective surgery to tackle a lingering back problem.
The flambouyant West Indies opener says he is scheduled to play a Charity game August 2ndbut explains that afterwards he will be out of action for “two to three months” to accommodate the operation.
“I have a charity game on the 2nd, but after that I will be out of cricket for two to three months,” said Gayle after Jamaica Tallawah’s 27-run loss to Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League.
Gayle’s back problem plagued him during the World Cup in which he missed the group game against UAE due to injury, and took an injection to play in the quarter-final against New Zealand.
If Gayle is sidelined until December as expected, West Indies will be without his services for an upcoming tri-series against Pakistan and Zimbabwe in August-September
“So I need some time for recovery. Maybe December, before I actually get back in cricket as well,” he said.
“You have got to wish me luck with that surgery and then I will be back strong. Who knows, we will see what happens.”
Gayle, though, has remained prolific for his clubs in T20 cricket; he racked up 491 runs from 14 IPL games, 328 runs from three Natwest T20 matches, and is currently the leading run-getter in the CPL, with 430 runs at an average of 61.42.
Gayle is also contracted to the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League, which begins on December 18.
