Former Australia captain calls for ‘worldwide ban’ on Gayle

Chris Gayle might have proceeded onward from his improper live meeting with a female correspondent amid a Big Bash League (BBL) diversion, however previous Australia chief Ian Chappell walked out on the player on Friday, requiring an 'overall contracting boycott' on the West Indian. 

Gayle, who plays for the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's BBL Twenty20 rivalry, was fined 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,500) for making unseemly remarks to a female correspondent in a live TV meeting amid a match on Monday. 

Gayle recommended to the correspondent Mel McLaughlin that the pair go out for a beverage, later including "don't redden, infant" amid an uncomfortable silence in the meeting. 

The previous West Indies commander, addressing columnists on his arrival to Melbourne on Tuesday, said he had not intended to be ill bred or hostile to McLaughlin. 

"[It was a] straightforward remark, a basic joke. It was by all accounts made a huge deal about," he said. 

"On the off chance that she felt [offended], I'm truly sad for that. There wasn't any damage implied in that specific way." 

However, Chappell was unmoved with Gayle's statement of regret and the approval he got from Cricket Australia and has required a harder punishment on the player. 

"I wouldn't have an issue if Cricket Australia said to the clubs, `he's never to be contracted again in this nation,'" Chappell was cited as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald. 

"What's more, I likewise wouldn't have an issue if Cricket Australia said to the ICC, `what we're doing ought to be around the world,'" he included. 

"You'd need to converse with the individual nations then … however I wouldn't have an issue in the event that it was tabled at an ICC meeting that Cricket Australia said, `this is what we're doing and we would prescribe that other people do likewise'. 

"How are you going to stop it generally?" 

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who whose wife Lee Furlong functioned as a TV sports writer, likewise said something regarding the occurrence and fears Gayle may not be invited back to the BBL. 

"There's most likely individuals have constantly cherished going along and watching him play in view of the diversion that he can positively give, however there is a line outside the round of cricket too