| Mulder blew chance at 400, panicked under pressure: Gayle | | | NEW DELHI, July 9: West Indies great Chris Gayle has criticised South Africa's stand-in skipper Wiaan Mulder for declaring the innings despite being within reach of Brian Lara's world record Test score of 400 not out, saying "he panicked and blundered, straight up".
Mulder was batting on 367, just 34 runs short of overhauling Lara's record of highest individual Test score but opted to declare South Africa's innings at 626 for five on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe out of respect for the West Indian legend.
"Come on, you're on 367, automatically you have to take a chance at the record. If you want to be a legend, how are you going to become a legend? Records come with being a legend," Gayle told talkSPORT.
"I think it was an error from his side, not to try and go to get it. We don't know if he would go on and get it or not. But he declared on 367, and he said what he had to say.
"But listen, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to get 400 runs in a Test match. Come on, youngster, you've blown it big time!"
Following his decision to declare, Mulder had said that a player of Lara's stature deserved to keep the record.
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