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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Anna Kessel

Chris Gayle: 'I didn't want to be captain'

Note: poor quality audio

When they asked you to be captain, how did you feel, what thoughts went through your head?

At the time, when I was asked to be the captain, I didn't want to be the captain. Because I knew it would take up the majority of my time and I always want my time. How it come about I became captain, because Sarwan was the captain and then he actually got injured ... [inaudible] … that's when it all started.

We won the series and then I said to them whenever Sarwan is fully fit I am ready, I am ready to step down. Maybe they saw something different, something totally different. And they asked me to be captain, I thought hard about it.

I'm not saying I couldn't be, but I didn't want to be captain, I would have no more free time. I wanted to have a bit more free time, to work with a few things more. I didn't want that added pressure at that particular time, but they actually insist, insist, so I said ok. So I thought just get on with it and that's where actually it started.

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