#2 Global Audience:
Though the league consists of T20 superstars like Aaron Finch, Carlos Braithwaite, André Russell, Glenn Maxwell, and Dwayne Bravo, none of them can sell out the stadium like Gayle.
Though mocked as a mercenary for hire, he has been successful in building a loyal set of fans that are willing to adjust their schedules and their sleeping hours to watch him wreak havoc.
Gayle has been a part of every T20 league around the world including the ones in Bangladesh, South Africa, Australia and England. His ability to change the game in a couple of balls along with his ability to entertain makes him an irresistible option for teams around the world.
Fans who consider themselves amongst the most loyal of supporters find it impossible to control themselves when they witness Christopher Henry Gayle smash the ball into the stands.
The league is restricted to its viewer base as a result of his absence.
The attempts to rope in Indian cricketers like M.S Dhoni, Suresh Raina,and Yuvraj Singh, who are major crowd pullers, have been massively unsuccessful so far as a result of BCCI’s disapproval.
Hence, their ambitions of tapping into the large-scale Asian audience around the world have suffered a major blow. With Chris Gayle’s absence, the ticketing sales and TV viewership will further deteriorate.
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