West Indies batsman Chris Gayle walks off the field after he was dismissed during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and the West Indies at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on January 3, 2018. Pic/ AFP

West Indies cricket coach Stuart Law has defended out-of-form batsman Chris Gayle, saying critics who suggest his international career may be over "write him off at your peril." The 38-year-old Gayle scored only 38 runs in four innings on the West Indies' disastrous tour to New Zealand which ended yesterday with a 119-run loss in the third Twenty20 international.