The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Gayle and KP: dissimilar rebels

Mon, May 18, '15

by TONY COZIER

Commentary

Except for a couple of clear-cut differences, Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen are two peas from the same cricketing pod.

Strapping, powerful six-footers, they are dynamic batsmen with imposing records across all formats; Gayle has a combined total of 71 hundreds, Pietersen 66. Both espouse a desire to continue representing their national teams even as they are in demand from various domestic T20 franchise leagues, whose mind-blowing contracts have earned the two men exceptional wealth.

Gayle enjoys life in his three-storied mansion in the hills overlooking his native Kingston; Pietersen delights in giving his Aston Martin a workout on the motorways of England, where he resides with his pop-star wife and infant son in luxury similar to Gayle's in Jamaica.

 

 

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