<p>Gayle, who has been shunted out of the team after he accused the West Indies Cricket Board of leaving him in a lurch during recent injury problems, was named the 2010 West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Cricketer of the Year at last night's eighth annual awards at Queen's Hall, St Ann's.<br /><br />Gayle, who top-scored in the IPL last month with a staggering 608 runs in 12 innings, edged out Shivnarine Chanderpaul, current West Indies captain Darren Sammy and energetic all-rounder Dwayne Bravo for the top award.<br /><br />The 31-year-old opener has been reduced to a mere spectator in the ongoing tour by the Indian team after being ignored for the lone T20 and the first two ODIs of the series.<br />Gayle thanked god and his young opening partner in the state side, Adrian Barath.<br /><br />"I feed off of him a lot and it is a big inspiration for me to see a youngster dominate the bowling at the other end. It inspires me to do well," he said.<br /><br />Gayle also won the WIPA 'Test Match Player of the Year' award, beating Chanderpaul, Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach.<br /><br />All-rounder Kieron Pollard was bestowed the 'One Day International Player of the Year' trophy. Pollard fend off competition from Gayle, Narsingh Deonarine and Dwayne Bravo in the category.</p>
<p>Gayle, who has been shunted out of the team after he accused the West Indies Cricket Board of leaving him in a lurch during recent injury problems, was named the 2010 West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Cricketer of the Year at last night's eighth annual awards at Queen's Hall, St Ann's.<br /><br />Gayle, who top-scored in the IPL last month with a staggering 608 runs in 12 innings, edged out Shivnarine Chanderpaul, current West Indies captain Darren Sammy and energetic all-rounder Dwayne Bravo for the top award.<br /><br />The 31-year-old opener has been reduced to a mere spectator in the ongoing tour by the Indian team after being ignored for the lone T20 and the first two ODIs of the series.<br />Gayle thanked god and his young opening partner in the state side, Adrian Barath.<br /><br />"I feed off of him a lot and it is a big inspiration for me to see a youngster dominate the bowling at the other end. It inspires me to do well," he said.<br /><br />Gayle also won the WIPA 'Test Match Player of the Year' award, beating Chanderpaul, Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach.<br /><br />All-rounder Kieron Pollard was bestowed the 'One Day International Player of the Year' trophy. Pollard fend off competition from Gayle, Narsingh Deonarine and Dwayne Bravo in the category.</p>