The buzz from the Olympics interestingly is cricket now, after Jamaican sprinter, Yohan Blake, talking to an Indian journalist started to speak of his cricketing aspirations. Having won the silver, he has already started planning his next goal. He said that he would like to play in the Indian Premier League for the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchisee.
Blake also confessed that he thinks he can bowl faster than India's Zaheer Khan and it certainly would be interesting to see a competition between these two.
Blake is a good friend of Chris Gayle and he plays for the Kingston Cricket Club. He is said to be in the reckoning for a place in the Jamaican team.
This is not the first time a sprinter is in the news for cricket. Even Usain Bolt - the fastest man on Earth who bagged gold at the Olympics for the 100m is a very good fast bowler and in a charity match managed to hit the then West Indies skipper, Gayle for a six, before coming back to bowl him over.
Melbourne Stars of the Australian Big Bash League have been chasing Bolt and it won't be a surprise if these sprinters do pick up their cricketing careers in the T20 format.
It certainly will liven things up and will be brilliant marketing for the game. Also running between the wickets will now be that interesting.
"I love cricket. India loves cricket. But you know what, I can bowl faster than Zaheer Khan."He told DNA newspaper,"I am coming there next year. I'll play in the IPL." He apparently has been honing in his cricket skills and wouldn't it be great if he actually gets to play in the league.
“I want to play in the IPL. I am working hard for it, Chris is a great friend and I follow his side very closely. I also like Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai (Super Kings). But I want to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore because of Chris.”
Blake is a good friend of Chris Gayle and he plays for the Kingston Cricket Club. He is said to be in the reckoning for a place in the Jamaican team.
This is not the first time a sprinter is in the news for cricket. Even Usain Bolt - the fastest man on Earth who bagged gold at the Olympics for the 100m is a very good fast bowler and in a charity match managed to hit the then West Indies skipper, Gayle for a six, before coming back to bowl him over.
Melbourne Stars of the Australian Big Bash League have been chasing Bolt and it won't be a surprise if these sprinters do pick up their cricketing careers in the T20 format.
It certainly will liven things up and will be brilliant marketing for the game. Also running between the wickets will now be that interesting.
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First Usain Bolt wanted to be a cricketer (fast-bowler, he even bowled Chris Gayle once) and now Yohan Blake wants to play in the IPL! That too for RCB, with Chris Gayle! These guys are surely giving a good advert for cricket, not many who are watching the Olympics know what kind of a sport cricket is, after all. Would be awesome to see Blake play in the IPL, RCB will gain many, many fans if he plays, and the IPL will become a major league as well. We'll see....
It will be nice watching Blake playing in IPL,hope he will bring more credits to the game of Cricket.
CRICKET. It's about fake entertainment. The money is big, so people from retired players like Brian Lara to Indian haters like Andrew Symonds to athlete Yohan Blake will want piece of the pie.
@CricketNNS
Oh yes, without a doubt it would be tremendous marketing for the game. Can't wait to see how it all pans out.
@Cricket in Olympics,
Certainly and as the old saying goes - sprinters can play any sports - so why not cricket?
@Rahul,
I don't really believe that to be the case. The IPL is much more than just the money and the glitz.
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