Dhaka, June 3 -- West Indies opener Chris Gayle raised his voice against racism in cricket on Monday as protests continue to intensify in the United States six days after George Floyd's death in police custody in Minneapolis.

In an appeal on social media, the 40-year-old batsman stated that the peril of racism exists in cricket too, and he has also faced racial remarks within teams and across the globe.

Gayle's comments come in the backdrop of widespread protests across the USA after an African-American man George Floyd died after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.

Asking to not take black people for fools, the 39-year-old said: "Black lives...