{"id":53732,"date":"2026-08-07T19:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/cricket-legend-chris-gayle-confirms-kerala-visit-to-support-defending-champions-kochi-blue-tigers-in-kcl-season-3\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:50:22","slug":"cricket-legend-chris-gayle-confirms-kerala-visit-to-support-defending-champions-kochi-blue-tigers-in-kcl-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/cricket-legend-chris-gayle-confirms-kerala-visit-to-support-defending-champions-kochi-blue-tigers-in-kcl-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Legend Chris Gayle Confirms Kerala Visit to Support Defending Champions Kochi Blue Tigers in KCL Season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Subash Manuel, Owner of Kochi Blue Tigers &amp; Global cricket icon and Co-Owner of Blue Tigers Global, Chris Gayle<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 7:<\/strong> Global cricket icon and Co-Owner of Blue Tigers Global, Chris Gayle, has confirmed his visit to Kerala to support the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kochibluetigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kochi Blue Tigers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in their title defense at the upcoming Kerala Cricket League (KCL) Season 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement, shared across Gayle\u2019s official social media channels, calls on cricket enthusiasts across the state to turn out in large numbers to support the defending champions. The visit further solidifies the \u201cUniverse Boss\u2019s\u201d active leadership within the franchise, following his recent announcement of Saly Samson as Captain and Basil Thampi as Vice-Captain for the new season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on the milestone, Subash Manuel, Owner of Kochi Blue Tigers, noted that Gayle\u2019s presence represents a significant moment for both the franchise and the regional sports landscape, reinforcing their vision of building an internationally recognized sporting brand anchored in Kerala\u2019s rich cricket culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gayle\u2019s arrival is expected to elevate the national profile of KCL Season 3, offering fans the distinct experience of cheering alongside one of the sport\u2019s greatest figures as the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@kochibluetigers?si=QvdkeZkmc73HCa_r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kochi Blue Tigers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0take the field to defend their championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subash Manuel, Owner of Kochi Blue Tigers &amp; Global cricket icon and Co-Owner of Blue Tigers Global, Chris Gayle Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 7: Global cricket icon and Co-Owner of Blue Tigers Global, Chris Gayle, has confirmed his visit to Kerala to support the\u00a0Kochi Blue Tigers\u00a0in their title defense at the upcoming Kerala Cricket League&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/cricket-legend-chris-gayle-confirms-kerala-visit-to-support-defending-champions-kochi-blue-tigers-in-kcl-season-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Cricket Legend Chris Gayle Confirms Kerala Visit to Support Defending Champions Kochi Blue Tigers in KCL Season 3&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[643],"class_list":["post-53732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsindia.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}