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Just learnt why Gayle played.

Reliable sources say it has nothing to do with sense suddenly breaking out in CWIn circles.


Gayle played because the Indians said they wanted him to play. They felt this would draw bigger crowds but far more importantly, bigger Indian television revenue.


I assume they also called for the inclusion of the other big stars.

They also overruled CWI on the time of play... to meet Indian television preferences.

With Gayle making a statement today as to when he might retire (2019) and his plan to play more Tests for West Indies one might wish to conclude that Indian tv revenue just might have something to do with it also....

In the meantime Mr. Evin Lewis is making a great name for himself. Congratulations! Gayle's boots are beginning to look a bit smaller now.


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In reply to Ewart

100% on de money! India is WI's pimp fuh $42M reason .

In reply to Ewart


The early start is what stopped the match from being a sellout. Jamaican people go church in the morning. Those who don't go to church like to sleep in a little late on a Sunday morning.

This was geared to Indian television.

At least the CPL is geared to maximising spectator audiences. That's why my extended family is more interested in the CPL than the west indies.

can we get them to pick our team more often?

Maybe we should also get them to work the gates to ensure that all monies collected are accounted for when the crowds are so huge....

In reply to Ewart
To make a long story short:
India tek ova!

In reply to mikesiva

Jamaicans going to church? Is the church teaching them to kill in a hurry? 43 in five days.:.

In reply to mikesiva

You really think dat if Indian cricketers were allowed to play in de CPL dat de organisers wud opt for filling small stadia in de Caribbean over TV revenues? If you think so ah have a bridge selling cheap.

By de way ah understand dat dey raising de price of admission dis year

In reply to Ewart

What you say makes sense...but have you considered that the Windies players who excelled in the IPL were also selected?...Pollard, Narine, Badree? What's more believable is that BCCI demanded Windies best available players..not just Gayle.

Gayle's is on the decline and, like Mike Tyson after the Buster Douglas fight, his destructive aura is diminishing. Today's modest returns serve as an example.

In reply to Kay


Apparently they did! My sources tell me that the people collecting money at the gates were all Indian. He could not say if they were Jamaican Indian but said they looked and spoke more like Indian Indian.





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In reply to tops





Long time!


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In reply to SirGarny

Yes, that is true.


But according to my sources The Indians specifically wanted Gayle because he is a biog draw for their audiences.


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In reply to WestDem

Gunshot inna dem bloodclat eediat bumbahole.

In reply to Devin

Language young man.. language..

A crying shame for a region that prides and cherishes its independence..

Your cricket is back in the grip of modern colonialism? George Headley must be turning in his grave..

In reply to Khaga

Check and see it's only yardies

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

ECB rules BIM..

In reply to Khaga

For once....i agree with you. A crying shameful shame.....

In reply to johndom90

This is becoming a habit,Johnny..I am worried..

In reply to Khaga

So ok for BCCI to own yard

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

I will let your Caribbean mates from the Yard hanswer..

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Dang yuh have nerve... no self respecting Yardie will ever go to Kensington oval when England are on tour. .... it is a virtual home game. for them. The former colonial masters are assured of a warm welcome from the locals.... more often than not at the expense of the home team and their supporters

I remember us touring England when Lara wanted a break from the game and England demanded that an unfit Lara make the trip.

Difference then would be that England didn't have us by the balls and that an unfit Lara was still gonna be better than anyone else we had available.

Wow, all that venom being excreted.

...and all because the Kolhi's Hindians were on the receiving end of a sound cut-arse.

Only real surprise here though is that the venom is not being directly spewed at the WICB/CWI (for a change).

In reply to WestDem... imagine if we weren't going. However, eave this one alone.

In reply to Drapsey... them true colours shining through.

So how come the BCCI didn't make demands when it was the ODIs?

In reply to archangel

Probably because they wanted to make sure that India won the series!

In reply to WestDem Everybloody knows what talks N what walks!

In reply to Ewart

You didn't know that?