Chris Gayle keen on owning ISL-type team

Swashbuckling West Indian opener Chris Gayle today showed interest in owning an ISL-type team and said he is in discussions with few stakeholders for some commercial ventures.

"I would definitely love to own an Indian Super League kind of team, but what best one can do is to get involved in it while you are active playing cricket," Gayle told PTI at an event here.

Gayle said cricket itself is business and all the stakeholders want to raise money as much as possible.

"Business will always come in, once you produce scintillating on-field knocks. People and companies will



chase you, but cricket itself is business. Everybody wants to generate as much revenues as possible," he said. 

Gayle also said big names like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are owing teams post-retirement because they want to foray into the world of business.

"If you feel you have enough time to venture into it, so do it even if you are an active and busy player, but if you feel you can't, you can always foray into this venture post- retirement," he said.

Tendulkar and Ganguly own Kerala Blasters and Atlético de Kolkata, respectively.