West Indies talisman Chris Gayle dismantles England with historic batting display to inflict opening World T20 defeat

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN MUMBAI: When the doom merchants warned England that the result of this game would hinge on the mood of Chris Gayle, they didn’t know the half of it. At the end of a harrowing night at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, England’s latest bid to emerge from a World Cup with their dignity intact had taken such a dunking in the nearby Arabian Sea that they may struggle to catch their breath in time for Friday’s game against South Africa. One match into the tournament and they already bear a haunted look.

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