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Chris Gayle blasts airline for not allowing him to board flight despite having confirmed ticket

Taking to Twitter, the West Indies allrounder blasted the airline for not keeping a proper passenger count.

Taking to Twitter, the West Indies allrounder blasted the airline for not keeping a proper passenger count. © AFP

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Chris Gayle vented out his frustration at Emirates Airline on Monday for not allowing him to board a flight despite having a confirmed ticket.

Taking to Twitter, the West Indies allrounder on Monday blasted the airline for not keeping a proper passenger count.

“So disappointed @emirates, I have a confirmed flight and they gonna tell me that they are over booked, WTF! Not only that, @emirates want me to travel economy when it’s a business class ticket – so now I have to travel on a later flight! Just ridiculous @emirates! Bad experience,” he wrote.

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Gayle last played an international match in August against India. He scored 72 runs off 42 balls at a strike rate of 175.60. India defeated West Indies in that match by seven wickets, courtesy Virat Kohli’s brilliant hundred.

Gayle is West Indies’ highest run-scorer in ODIs with 10,480 runs from 301 matches. He made his international ODI debut in 1999 against India in Toronto. He has 25 hundreds and 54 fifties in ODI cricket.

Meanwhile, West Indies are schedule to play three ODIs and as many T20Is against Afghanistan, starting from November 6. All the matches will be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

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