The forward became his country's top goalscorer of all-time this week but has struggled for a regular place in the starting XI at club level
Gareth Bale being benched by Real Madrid has left Wales team-mate Joe Allen baffled.
Bale hit a fine hat-trick in Wales' 6-0 rout of China on Thursday, taking him past Liverpool great Ian Rush as his country's all-time leading scorer .
Ryan Giggs' side will face Uruguay in the final of the China Cup invitational tournament on Monday before Bale heads back to Santiago Bernabeu to fight for his first-team place.