Chris Gayle keen on owning ISL-type team

Bengaluru: Explosive West Indian opener Chris Gayle on Friday expressed his ultimate desire of owing an ISL team and said he is in contact with few stake holders.

Gayle told PTI at an event in Bengaluru, "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,"

The 37-year-old said cricket itself is business and all the stakeholders are always keen on bringing in more money.

"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 told that he wanted to follow the big names like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly who own Kerela Blasters and Atletico de Kolkata and are venturing the world of business post retirement.

"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.

When asked if he is tying up with any other commercial ventures, Gayle said, "Definitely. There are a few projects under the table which are actually under discussion as we speak."