AFTER FORMER CSK PLAYER, ANOTHER IPL STAR CRICKETER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT!

This news came as a shock to all cricket fan, as West Indies batting star Chris Gayle will retire from international cricket after the home Test series against India in August-September.

Gayle is currently playing the World Cup in England.

According to India Today reports, in February, Gayle had announced the World Cup would the last time he played ODIs for West Indies. But it seems that he has changed his mind and wants to turn up for the Windies one last time in the home series against India. Gayle has so far scored 2 half-centuries in England but has not been at his destructive best.

"It's still not the end. I still have a few games to go. May be another series to go, as well. Who knows, we will see what happens. My plans after World Cup? I may play a Test match against India and then I will definitely play the ODIs against India. I won't play the T20s. That's my plan after the World Cup," Gayle said.

The T20Is will open the tour from August 3, the ODIs are lined up from August 8 and the Tests will take place from August 22 to September 3.

Meanwhile, West Indies media manager Philip Spooner later confirmed that the assignment against India will be Gayle's last in national colours. "Yes, Chris will play his last series against India," Spooner told PTI.