West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle has pulled out of the Indian Premier League with “bubble fatigue” and will instead focus on this month’s T20 World Cup.
The big-hitting 42-year-old batsman played two out of three matches for Punjab Kings since the big-bucks tournament resumed in the United Arab Emirates last month.
Gayle left the team hotel because of “bubble fatigue” accumulated over the months playing franchise and international cricket during the coronavirus pandemic, Kings said in a statement.
Gayle said he wished to “mentally recharge and refresh myself”.
“I want to refocus on helping the West Indies in the T20 World Cup and would like to take a break in Dubai,” he was quoted as saying in the statement.
