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Gayle goes unsold: Twitter says casteism in IPL

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 27, 2018, at 06:13 pm

Bengaluru, Jan 27 (IBNS): Ever since its inception, the IPL has been a calendar event for millions of cricket lovers. Laden with global superstars, the cash rich T20 tournament is as exciting as it gets.

What's as exciting as the matches itself is the auction. Like the matches, the IPL auction is filled with drama and (of course) heartbreaks!

The first surprise of this year's IPL auction is a certain gentleman from the Caribbean Islands going unsold.

For a decade, IPL romantics have witnessed several great performers and performances, perhaps none greater than Christopher Henry Gayle.

Yet, for some (unknown) reason, the only man with 10,000 T20 runs has gone unsold at this year's auction.

Moments after the unthinkable happened, the flood gates on Twitter opened.

Here are some of the tweets highlighting the mood.

White brahmin, black dalit?

A white brahmin #BenStokes gets sold for a whopping Rs 12.5 cr ...while a black dalit Chris Gayle goes unsold !! Casteism in IPL too Mr @ShekharGupta??? ðŸ˜‚
— St Whimsy ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ (@Neera_26) January 27, 2018

IPL 2018's first surprise

First SURPRISE in IPL auction that Chris Gayle goes Unsold...
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 27, 2018

Next year will be ours

With Gayle and Starc gone and no significant addition to the team, it is my sincere job as an #RCB fan to announce in advance-- "Next year will be ours!"#IPLAuction
— Swagpur ka Choudhary (@ABChoudhary007) January 27, 2018

Disappointed fan

Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh should announce their retirement having a look at KL Rahul's price. Extremely disappointed with no bid for Chris Gayle. #IPLAuction
— Rishabh Datta (@rishabhdatt) January 27, 2018

And here's some more:

Chris Gayle right now waiting to getting in RCB #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/2M6Q889BlO
— RCB (@IamnotPK) January 27, 2018

Chris Gayle be like #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/SZf7IB9qFr
— TANISHQ ðŸš¬ #RoyalRumble ðŸ”¥ (@akkiboking) January 27, 2018

Chris Gayle after remain unsold #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/Imi0LPZzoE
— Andi ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ (@andi_haryanvi) January 27, 2018

Gayle Now ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚ pic.twitter.com/3wbbJLptIv
— Kettavan Memes ãƒ„ (@kettavan_Memes) January 27, 2018

#ChrisGayle #IPL #RCB #IPLAuction

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