Five players to watch

Five players to watch in the World Twenty20, whose preliminary stage started in India on Tuesday:

Chris Gayle (West Indies)

The explosive batsman is one of cricket's biggest personalities, but never far from controversy. The Jamaican was fined $7,000 after he asked an Australian interviewer out on live TV at the Big Bash. Gayle was unabashed, telling critics to kiss his "Black Rass" on social media. On the field he smashed 50 off just 12 balls for the Melbourne Renegades in January to equal the fastest half-century in T20 history.