Universe boss Chris Gayle is again in Bangalore as he has been honored with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Hall of Fame after he represented the franchise for six years from 2011-2017 and performed some memorable innings throughout his tenure .
The RCB franchise posted Gayle’s image on their social media handles and captioned it, “The Universe Boss has arrived in his favorite home. 🤩 The entertainment has officially begun. “
RCB is the primary IPL franchise to honor former gamers Gayle and AB de Villiers for his or her contribution to the franchise whereas enjoying within the Indian Premier League.
The group will completely retire the jersey variety of the batting legend and induct him into the RCB Hall of Fame as a token of gratitude for his providers.
Earlier within the week the franchise took to Twitter to announce the transfer and wrote: “We promised you during last year’s IPL that we will bring @ABdeVilliers17 and @henrygayle together at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. And yes, he is going to attend the #RCBUnbox event on 26th March 2023 to be inducted into the RCB Hall of Fame.”
We promised you throughout final 12 months’s IPL that we are going to get @ABdeVilliers17 And @henrygayle Together at Chinnaswamy Stadium. and sure they will be on the present #RCBunbox occasion on 26 March 2023 to be inducted into the RCB Hall of Fame. Ticket hyperlink in bio!#playbold pic.twitter.com/9wBeieNJtI
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) March 17, 2023
During the announcement, former RCB captain Virat Kohli expressed his happiness on enjoying alongside the legendary cricketer and mentioned, “AB has actually modified the sport of cricket along with his innovation, expertise and sportsmanship. I’ve performed with Chris for 7 years and that is going to be essentially the most particular journey for me.
Gayle scored 3,163 runs in 84 matches at a median of lower than 44 and a strike charge of 152.7, hitting 249 fours and 239 sixes, whereas de Villiers scored 5,000 runs in 144 matches for RCB with a strike charge of 152.7. of 158.6.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
