The devastating opening batsman, Chris Gayle, has been called back into the West Indies T20 squad for the only match against Bangladesh which will be played this Wednesday.

Gayle had been rested for the previous T20 series that the Caribbean side had played against New Zealand after which it was being said that the selection committee had perhaps decided to move on from him and start grooming a young opener for the next World Championship in 2016, but, now, that the big Jamaican is back, it’s clear that he is in the plans of the team management.

Some time back, Gayle was the most dangerous T20 batsman on the planet. He used to almost intimidate the bowlers with his batting, but, over the last couple of years, the bowlers have worked him out. Several of his weaknesses have been exposed and he has no longer remained the same sort of force in the shortest format. He was absolutely miserable in the last Indian Premier League scoring at a strike rate of below 100 in quite a few matches.

Gayle’s main issue is against the off spinners. As he likes to stand and deliver, he gets outfoxed by the arm balls quite easily. The captains use off-spin straightaway against him and he falls most of the times.

Gayle has been out on short balls too of late which is interesting because he was an efficient puller of the cricket ball at his prime. Perhaps, the slowing of the reflexes is the reason behind him becoming vulnerable against the short pitched stuff.

If Gayle has to prolong his career as an international player, he has to pay attention to these things and fix them.

The 6’4” left hander currently averages 37 in the One Day Internationals, while, 32 in the T20 internationals.