Rain Forced Universal Boss Chris Gayle to
wait for Breaking Brain Lara Record
Bad
weather forced to abandon the first one-day international match between the
West Indies and India at Guyana's National Stadium after Chris Gayle forced to
wait for the hosts' ODI score record. Only 13 overs bowled after the Caribbean
went to bat when India's captain Virat Kohli won the toss, with the West Indies
reaching 54 for the loss of 1 wicket before the rain drove them off the field.
Having
started two hours late due to morning showers, interruptions of rain during the
brief entries ended in the hope of a result and any lingering possibility of
play dragged by the last down water in half Late. Veteran opening batsman
Gayle, the only wicket to fall, knocked down by left arm's wrist Kuldeep Yadav
by just four, leaving him nine runs to beat the score of prominent former
hitter and Skipper Brian Lara of 10,405 as the highest by a Caribbean’s in ODI.
Chris
Gayle reversed the decision to retire from the 50-over format per side of the
game after the World Cup, took 31 balls to score only 4-runs before being out. Therefore,
it means that the 39-year-old will set a new ODI record for West Indies
appearances and also has the opportunity to overcome Lara's runs count when the
second match played in Trinidad, Lara's homeland, on Sunday.
It's
probably the worst thing about cricket the stop-start, Kohli observe after the
rain finally won the battle of the day. "The more stops you have, the more
you have to be careful in the field". Speculating on the West Indies'
chances of altering India in the remaining ODI, swept 3-0 in the T20I series,
West Indies Captain Jason Holder was succinct: "We have to remain
consistent, in all departments" ".
