Chris Gayle announced that the youngsters in the team have his back and they want to win the IPL for the Universe Boss.

Kallis' statement came after Russell played an explosive 19-ball 49-run unbeaten knock to help KKR chase down Sunrisers Hyderabad's 182-run target with six wickets in hand.

While the Chris Gayle factor is worrying Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab is banking on the Caribbean's experience.

Mike Hesson recently called him the "young Chris Gayle" and expectations are high but Nicholas Pooran is not feeling the pressure.

Hesson wants Rahul to focus on the present and believes the future will then automatically take care of itself.

The 2019 season meanwhile, could also be the last time when fans will witness some of their favourite stars in action in the cash-rich league.

While Shami's workload definitely needs to be monitored, Rahul will be more than happy to play as many games as possible.

Opening for the first time in 28 matches Bairstow broke the back of a 161-run target, which owed much to Rashid's miserly return of 1-15.

The 39-year-old expressed his gratitude to the people of the Caribbean for their support through this series and his career. 

Gayle struck a brutal 77 as West Indies crushed England to win the fifth and final one-day international by seven wickets to clinch a 2-2 draw in the series.

Ten days after Gayle announced his intention to retire after the World Cup, the West Indies cricketer smashed 162 off 97 balls.

Gayle ticked off a shopping list of targets — 50 up in 32 balls, a 10,000th one-day run and then his hundred in 55 balls.

Gayle is one of a handful of players who would not shirk from chasing 419 and the 39-year-old Jamaican picked up Buttler's baton with a ton of his own.

Gayle announced that he would retire from the one-day international cricket (ODI) after the World Cup which is slated to be held in England and Wales, later this year.

Veteran opener Chris Gayle also chipped in with 50 from 63 deliveries, while Shai Hope made 33.

Windies surpassed the previous record of 22 set by New Zealand against them in January 2014.

The tourists were given a target of 361 in the first ODI after Gayle ended his six-month exile from the team by hitting 12 sixes in a knock of 135.

Chris Gayle overtook Shahid Afridi in the list of most sixes hit in international cricket across all the formats.

England and West Indies will play five ODIs between February 20 and March 2.

Chris Gayle has hit 23 centuries in ODIs -- the most by any West Indian in one-day internationals.