Chris Gayle lit up the Empire State Building earlier this week. It was part of the trophy tour to promote the T20 World Cup in its newest home, the United States of America. And in a rather lively chat, the former West Indian icon and T20 pioneer opens up about his visit to the iconic tower in New York, bringing cricket to the US, the importance of the World Cup for the Caribbean and his own legacy as a cricketer. Like always, and like only he can, he did also go all Chris Gayle about it.
Yeah, it’s part of the trophy tour, spreading the message and awareness for the T20 World Cup here in the United States. We know how long the cricket fans have been waiting to see a big event here in the USA. And for us to create some new fans. Bring the baseball, the ice-hockey, the NBA fans over to cricket. That will be huge. The biggest game in the World Cup will be here too, at the Nassau County International Stadium, India v Pakistan. We are all looking forward to that. We all know what that brings to the World Cup as well. Exciting times ahead from June 1 to June 29.
You know to be honest, I haven’t got to the point where I’ll sit back and analyse my career. One day I’ll give myself the chance to look back at what I’ve done as a cricketer. One of these days I will look back at all the damage that the Universe Boss has done in a good way in the cricket world. We have some upcoming stars now and it’s their time to shine.