Now Chris Gayle’s batting gets criticised! Commentator Ricky Ponting terms it “ridiculous”

Chris Gayle and headlines make a inseparable pair it seems. After making much news with his behaviour towards Channel Ten host Mel McLaughlin, Gayle has now drawn criticism from Australian great Ricky Ponting for refusing to take an easy single in Big Bash League match on Monday. Read more: Chris Gayle continues facing more accusations, denies ‘exposing’ charges, may not play BBL in future

Gayle’s Melbourne Renegades were up against the Sydney Thunders and the Jamaican superstar was at the crease along with Tom Cooper. Cooper was keen to take a single but Gayle sent him off not showing any interest. Considering the kind of game Twenty20 is, a single run can result in a win or loss and the body language was bashed by the commentators, including Ponting. Read more: NFL star Jarryd Hayne is Chris Gayle’s new tutor on “manners on speaking to women in Australia”

In a report from AFP, Ponting was quoted as saying, “This is the most unbelievable, ridiculous cricket I’ve ever seen. Sometimes in cricket and in life you get what you deserve, and he got what he deserved there. What sort of message does that send to the boys on the sideline?”

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Gayle departed on the next delivery scoring 28 off 20 while Renegades won the match later on by five wickets.