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NOC forces Chris Gayle to miss BPL matches

Chris Gayle

The 2019 Bangladesh Premier League that got underway a couple of days back had its first controversy as West Indian batsman Chris Gayle did not play in his team's first two matches.

It has been revealed that Gayle's NOC was not submitted on time and that is the reason for his absence from Rangpur Riders' first two games.

Gayle arrived in Bangladesh on the day of his team's first match, and it was said that he was rested for the clash against Chittagong Vikings because he couldn't recover from the jet lag. He was also not included in the playing XI for Riders' second game of the season against Khulna Titans yesterday and this move of Riders face a lot of criticisms from the fans.

"We did not receive his NOC before the match and so we could not allow him to take part against Khulna Titans. Maybe they could not submit it on time as it was quite late in Windies. We just received a mail and that suggests we would get it very soon. The franchise have taken everything in the right spirit," BPL technical committee chairman Jalal Yunus told Cricbuzz.