Chris Gayle believes that Wiaan Mulder missed out on a golden opportunity to score Test cricket's second individual 400 as he 'panicked and blundered' big time.
Stand-in skipper Mulder displayed his best-ever performance with the bat against the Chevrons and became just the second South African batter to score a triple ton in Test cricket after Hashim Amla.
However, Wiaan Mulder shocked the cricket world by deciding to declare the innings and remained unbeaten at 367*. It became the fifth-highest individual score in Test cricket, behind Brian Lara's 400*, Matthew Hayden's 380, Lara's 375, and Mahela Jayawardene's 374.
If I could get the chance to get 400, I would get 400 - Chris Gayle
Mulder has been lauded by many for his move, but others have felt that the Proteas all-rounder made a 'stupid' move. Chris Gayle falls in the latter category, and he reckoned that Mulder should have taken a shot at hitting 400, but he panicked.
"Any time you get a chance like that, you try and make the best out of it. But he was so generous and said he wanted the record to stay with Brian Lara. Maybe he panicked; he didn't know what to do in that situation,' Gayle said.
Records come with being a legend - Chris Woakes
Reacting to Wiaan Mulder's revelation on Proteas head coach Shukri Conrad, "Let the legends keep the big scores" advice, Chris Gayle said that the all-rounder would never become a legend himself if he didn't have big records in his name. Chris Gayle said:
"I think it was an error from his side, not to try and go to get it. We don't know if he would go on and get it or not. But he declared on 367 and he said what he had to say. But listen, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get 400 runs in a Test match. Come on, youngster, you've blown it big time!"
"It's the same cricket, Test cricket. Sometimes you can't even get one run against a team like Zimbabwe if you want to put it that way. It doesn't matter the opponent, if you get 100 against any team, that's a Test century. If you get a double or triple, 400, that's Test cricket. That's the ultimate game. Like I said, he panicked and he blundered, straight up."
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