Chris Gayle names his favorite venue in Indian T20 League, leaves out Wankhede and Eden Gardens Stadium

Chris Gayle is currently in the headlines of social media for his recent statements during a GOAT discussion on the history of the Indian T20 League. He was also accompanied by some of the former greats of the game including the likes of former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris, former Indian cricketers Suresh Raina, Robin, and legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble.

During the discussion, Gayle was asked by Styris about his couple of picks in the Indian T20 League. It also included the question on the toughest bowler the ‘Universe Boss’ ever faced in his career in the Indian T20 League.

While answering this question, Gayle left out two renowned and veteran Indian off-spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh from the list. Subsequently, he named the Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as the toughest bowler he ever faced in the Indian T20 League. Notably, the 43-year-old had faced the Ahmedabad pacer on 10 occasions and could score only 37 runs off 48 balls.

Here's what Chris Gayle said about his favorite venue

Furthermore in the discussion, Gayle was also asked about his favorite venue of India during the Indian T20 League and surprisingly didn’t come up with the names of two famous stadiums of India Eden Gardens of Kolkata and Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai.

Chris Gayle said "Chinnaswamy is the best venue to play IPL".

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“Chinnaswamy is the best venue to play Indian T20 League,” said Gayle while naming his most-liked venue.

Speaking of the Indian T20 League, the tournament is set to commence later in the month of April this year. The mini-auction for the 16^th edition of the Indian T20 League was held in Kochi on the 23^rd of December Last year in 2022 where 405 players went under the hammer to be a part of the cash-rich Indian T20 tournament.