West Indies cricket legend Chris Gayle has been part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) since the 2009 season but went unsold in the IPL 2022 mega auction which was held in February this year. The legendary IPL batter had left Gayle out of the tournament for the first time in his career.

Chris Gayle, who is also known as Universe Boss, has now revealed why he is absent from the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. He has vowed to make a return to the league next year and has named two franchises he wants to win the title for.

Speaking with UK Mirror, Gayle said that he felt he did not get the respect he deserved and was not treated properly in the last few seasons of the IPL. For the last couple of years, the way the IPL went about, he felt like he wasn’t treated properly, Gayle told the UK Mirror. There is always going to life after cricket so I’m just trying to adapt to normality, the Universe Boss said.

However, he did not rule out a return to the league next season and said he is coming back in IPL 2023 as the franchise need him.

The West Indies icon, who has been played for Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, said that between RCB and Punjab, he would love to get a title, with one of those two teams.

Gayle also explained that he had a great stint with RCB where he was more successful within the IPL and Punjab, they’ve been good. He love to explore and he loves challenges so let’s see what happens,” he said.

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Hours after Jason Roy pulled out of the IPL 2022, former Chennai Super Kings star Suresh Raina, who went unsold in IPL 2022 mega auction, started trending on Twitter along with hashtag Gujarat Titans.

The discussion on Raina’s inclusion in the newly added franchise Gujarat Titans had been started on Monday after the England opener Jason Roy have decided to leave the tournament due to some personal reasons. The buzz has started when a fake Twitter handle with the name of Tata IPL – Indian Premier League (@Tata_IPL) shared a morphed picture of Suresh Raina wearing Gujarat Titans jersey.

Raina took to his official twitter account on Tuesday and shared a picture in which he could be seen imitating film actor Allu Arjun’s action from his latest Movie ‘Pushpa’. It could have been a regular post based on the ongoing trend but the caption Raina put with his picture fueled new speculation the he is joining the newly-introduced IPL side Gujarat Titans.

After Roy’s decision to left Gujarat Titans, there was a buzz that Gujarat Titans have found Roy’s replacement in the form of Raina. However, there is no official confirmation from either party. Some media reports were claiming that Suresh Raina is joining the Gujarat Titans in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League.

However, no Raina in the IPL 2002 mega auction was a bitter pill to swallow for his fans, however, his latest tweet has left the tweeple confused.

Suresh Raina, known as Mr. IPL for his incredible performances for CSK over the years, was unsold at this year IPL mega auction. While Gujarat Titans have sold Jason Roy in 2 crore.

Later Roy had decided to left IPL 2020 citing some personal reasons. The right-hand batsman said he wishes to spend some quality time with his family and work on his game.

Suresh Raina going unsold at the IPL 2022 auction was a matter of shock to many. Despite scoring 5000-plus runs in the IPL, none of the franchises, including his previous team CSK, showed interest in bidding on him. Later the CSK had clarified that why he had left Sures Raina.

The IPL 2022 will begin on March 26. With 2 new teams, the IPL 2022 will be a 64-day affair which will conclude on May 29.

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The Indian Premier League 2022 is going to be the biggest cricketing event in India as the there will be an addition of two new teams in IPL 2022 and with the mega auction, it is only going to get bigger. Before the IPL 2022 mega auction which is supposed to take place in January 2022, teams have been given an option to retain a maximum of four best players of their team, and rest of the players will go directly to the mega auction.

IPL 2022 retention deadline

The deadline for the retention of players is November 30, before that, all teams have an uphill task to retain their best players to continue for the next season of the IPL. With only four players available to retain, the franchises have to make some tough decisions, meaning some of the big names and IPL legends from every team will be back in the auction pool.

List of top players who might not be retained by their previous franchise

Every team has to go with this dilemma to select only four players for their team, teams like Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will have to say goodbye to some of their top players.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya has been the X-factor of Mumbai Indians over the years (except 2021 season). If Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the IPL history, then Hardik was one of the very few players who played a crucial role in making them an unbeatable team. But after watching his recent performance in T20 World Cup 2021 and IPL 2021, Paltans might prefer another player over him.

David Warner

David Warner had quite a wonderful year as the cricketer won the T20 World Cup with Australia and was also named player of the tournament. But his time in IPL 2021 was not as good as he imagined, the former Sun Risers Hyderabad captain was first

Suresh Raina

A special player of this format and an icon for Chennai Super Kings, Suresh Raina might not play for CSK this season, the franchise’s main focus will be on youngsters and Raina himself didn’t have a good season with his bat.

Shreyas Iyer

Former Delhi Capitals captain is reportedly leaving the franchise to enter into the mega auction, as Iyer wants a leadership role in whichever team he plays, given that Rishabh Pant is captaining DC from this season.

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Shikhar Dhawan

Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan might also not be retained by his franchise Delhi Capitals, despite of having a wonderful season with his team in the 2021 season of IPL. The management wants to focus on young players and considering the player’s age they might not retain him.

KL Rahul

As per reports, Rahul has already informed his current IPL franchise that he wants to play for a new team and reportedly Rahul is likely to lead one of the two new teams.

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