The legendary cricketer's comments come in the backdrop of a section of fans blaming ICC for altering the T20 World Cup schedule and timings to suit the Indian audience - the main source of money for the governing body. "No one can speak to India. India runs cricket, you know? It's a fact. Who is going to talk to India? Who is going to challenge India? No one. They control cricket," Gayle was quoted as saying by DafaNews. Gayle also reflected on the Indian Premier League (IPL) and said there should be a separate window where only the marquee franchise tournament is held so that players do not have to leave midway. "When the IPL is going on, you see players who have to leave the tournament to go play for their countries," said Gayle. "If you have an IPL window [then] it should just be the IPL in that window. You shouldn't have international cricket during that time frame, because there's only one team that's going to benefit, and it's India. That's unfair. You cannot have a system like that." He cited the example of the World Cup window where all other bilateral series are put on hold. "If it's a World Cup window, then it's just that, nothing else. Same for the IPL. If you want the best players in the world to be playing in the IPL, the biggest franchise in history, then you have to allow them to play in that particular window without interference like international cricket. You cannot pull players out of such a big franchise tournament, because it's unfair and too one-sided," he added.  'Be available full season' Gayle has echoed the sentiments of several ex-cricketers who also believe that IPL should be given the priority window as it is the biggest money-making event in cricket. After England players such as Jos Buttler, Reece Topley, Moeen Ali, Will Jacks and Phil Salt left IPL midway last season for T20I series against Pakistan, Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at them for not fulfilling their franchise contracts. "I am all for players choosing country before anything else, but having assured various franchises about their availability for the full season, it will be letting down the franchises if they pull out now," said the legendary former India captain. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan also stated: "Either be available for full season or don't come!" The IPL usually starts in the last week of March and runs till the last week of May with players from all across the globe, representing the 10 franchises.