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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Anna Kessel

Chris Gayle: 'I might give it up shortly'

Note: poor quality audio

Are you happy now that you have the captaincy?

Am I happy? I'm happy because it has done a lot for me as a person.

If someone else from your team stepped up and moved toward that role, would you want to hang onto it?

No, to be honest with you there's a possibility I might give it up, I will, be giving it up shortly. And you know maybe someone younger actually can lead and guide that person around.

But it's definitely not something I'm looking to hang onto. I need some time for myself to be honest with you, it's a lot of travelling, so I really need some time for myself. As a captain you always have to go and do, you know, extra. Lunch or dinner, some other thing, there's always something for the captain. Im not that type of person I can't take on too much things. So soon I will be handing over this captaincy. I soon finish with it.

Do you know who will take that role?

We're still looking at quite a few. So we just have to wait and see when the selectors decide – or whosoever decide. Who they looking to actually you know be the future captain. Then I'm ready.

Will you stay the rest of the season?

If I will be staying? Yeah I'll still be playing.

But will you stay as captain for the rest of the season or are you looking for someone to take over sooner than that?

The chairman pointed out to me they want me to actually be the captain for right now. We have to see how it goes in future. I said, 'don't be too long though'. So we just have to wait and see what happens.

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