Dont sleep with Chris on your mind: Gayle tells Strauss

Chris Gayle has hit back at Andrew Strauss for criticising his late arrival from the IPL,saying the England captain should concentrate on his own team.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has hit back at Andrew Strauss for criticising his late arrival from the IPL,saying the England captain should concentrate on his own team and he wouldn’t be sad if Test cricket did not survive.

Gayle was criticised by Strauss after he reached England just two days prior to the first Test which the West Indies lost by 10 wickets inside three days.

“Stay out of people’s business,” Gayle warned ahead of the second Test and last starting on Wednesday.

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“Focus on his team,don’t worry about West Indies,don’t worry about me. Tell him don’t sleep with Chris on his mind,tell him get Chris off his mind,” he told the ‘Guardian’.

Gayle said Strauss should be worrying about his future in the event of Test cricket’s demise. “I wouldn’t be so sad,” said Gayle on Test cricket’s possible death.

“Some other players would be. Maybe Andrew Strauss would be sad. Maybe he will be sad if Test cricket dies and Twenty20 comes in. Because there is no way he can make the change. So tough luck. I like Twenty20 since it come about now. I like it. Who doesn’t? Maybe a couple of the Englishmen wouldn’t like to play Twenty20.”

The West Indian opener also said he is not willing to continue with his captaincy. “To be honest with you there’s a possibility I might give it up – I will be giving it up shortly. It’s definitely not something I’m looking to hang on to. I need some time for myself,to be honest with you,it’s a lot of travelling. There’s always something you have to go and do,you know,extra. Lunch or dinner,some other thing,there’s always something for the captain. I’m not that type of person. I can’t take on too much things. So soon I will be handing over this captaincy. I soon finish with it.”