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"West Indies went on to win the Cup! Revisiting those years for the book makes me smile," says Gayle and adds — "I was a cheeky bad computerized gloves knitting machine boy."Talking big is a Gayle thing, so the book is full of epithets like "the Tsar of T20, the boss of the boundary boards", "Nine mighty sixes, five thrash-dash fours, a hundred off just 50 balls." But there are personal stories when he says, he is "feeling sad" and talks of his visit to the 11-year-old girl from Bengaluru who got a broken nose from a sixer he hit. Gayle not only visited but also got a premier seat for her at the next game. He also truthfully addresses the "Don’t Blush Baby" incident in Australia with Channel 10 reporter Mel McLaughlin.

Gayle says while he did not show the draft of his book to any of his family or friends, he did share a copy of the book with his cricket buddies Virat Kohli, Yuvraj and Kumar Sangakkara. He adds, "I did not ask anyone to go through my draft because there is nothing bad about it, I was not writing it for sensationalism. I don’t need that kind of fame from this book. I don’t have any enemies that I am looking to get even with through my writing, it is not that kind of a book. It has all facts about my life, word for word. Even my family didn’t read the book before it was published. Actually they still haven’t read the book because I haven’t given it to them as yet. I will do that now. My girlfriend Natasha (with whom he recently had a baby girl) however has gone through it, and she said it was a fantastic read."There is definitely another book still left in him, says the cricketer. "I am still playing.

I have so much to tell. My next book will be even more open and vulgar." We all know no one hits a six like Gayle, who has to his name two triple 100s in Tests, one double 100 in ODIs, two 100s in T20s, now it is to be seen if Gayle’s book goes the same way as the ball he hits!Promise of 'achhe din' is only meant for the PM's industrialist friends and not for the poor, says Gandhi.Orai: Labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "selfie and promise-making machine", Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the promise of 'achhe din' is only meant for the PM's industrialist friends and not for the poor."Narendra Modi made different promises...of Rs 15 lakh in bank accounts of the people, fair price for farmers, employment to two crore and many others... He is a machine that takes selfies and makes promises," Rahul said addressing a gathering during a road show here as part of his ongoing 'Deoria to Dilli kisan yatra'.