Gayle names first-born baby girl 'Blush'

Name is a clear reference to a hugely controversial interview he had with Australian sports journalist in January

West Indies star opener Chris Gayle had once attempted to flirt with a female presenter on live TV. Little did we know the incident will later influence the choice of name for his first-born.

On Thursday, Gayle posted a picture of himself and his wife on Instagram to welcome “the arrival” of his “beautiful daughter 'Blush' to this world”.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcn132oeW6/

For anyone not familiar with what seems to have inspired the name, the story goes back a few months. Ten Network reporter Mel McLaughlin found herself being asked out for a drink during an interview with the burly West Indian after he blasted 41 runs off 15 balls in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). Live on air, Gayle — who later insisted he was just joking — said he was happy to be interviewed by McLaughlin “just to see your eyes for the first time”.



“Nice, so hopefully we can win this game and we can have a drink after,” he said.

“Don’t blush baby,” the Jamaican added, prompting the unimpressed McLaughlin to shake her head and reply, “I’m not blushing.”

But it seems the joke is never getting old.

Gayle took to Twitter later and thanked everyone “for the sweet and kind messages.” He added that “Blush won’t Blush, my baby.”

Thank you all for the sweet and kind messages 😍. Blush won't Blush, my baby 😉. 😜

— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) April 21, 2016

Gayle was fined $7,000 by his Big Bash team The Melbourne Renegades and received a lot of condemnation from the cricketing world for the comments which seem to have inspired his baby’s name.

Gayle defends 'inappropriate' comments to reporter as 'joke'

It will be interesting to see what Gayle will do when someone tells her daughter not to blush.



Many took to Twitter to laugh at the "epic troll":

Congrats to World Boss @henrygayle & Tasha on the birth of their baby girl. Her name? Blush.
Hilarious...https://t.co/O0O1TLczet

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/CricketInsiders/status/723024384265314304

Chris Gayle names his daughter 'blush' 😏😏

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) April 21, 2016

Chris Gayle announces birth of daughter 'Blush' #dontblushbaby https://t.co/M2CYWtgEkB

— Rachel Brookes (@RachelBrookesTV) April 21, 2016

Chris Gayle named his baby as

" Blush "

This is epic troll from the big man! 😂

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 21, 2016

Chris Gayle says he named his baby girl 'Blush' in troll of the century https://t.co/nA5b48ARu7 pic.twitter.com/EKeN4eNmUW

— Mashable (@mashable) April 21, 2016

LOL he actually named his baby 'blush'#WorldBoss https://t.co/eZsFs7PaeK

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 21, 2016

"Mummy why am I called 'Blush'?"
"Well, dear. It's a long story, but when Mummy was pregnant Daddy was away on one of his work trips and..."

— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) April 21, 2016

@henrygayle Blush ??? Don't blush baby...

It'll mean she shouldn't be herself... 😆 #Lame

— Abdulla Khan (@abdel_007) April 21, 2016

@henrygayle now you can Blush Baby... Congrats to your family

— The Silent Guardian (@bilalkhandx) April 21, 2016

When Chris Gayle's daughter gets in trouble.... "Don't, Blush Baby!" #punctuation #wellthoughtout

— Rob Kearsley (@SparePartsGuru) April 21, 2016