Chris Gayle T20 2 nd century

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle at the Docklands playing for the ICC World XI, 2005
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Henry Gayle
Born	21 September 1979 (age 36) Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname	Gayle-Force, Gayle-Storm, Master Storm, Spartan,[1], Boss
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right arm offbreak
Role	All-rounder, Opening Batsman
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut(cap 232)	16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	5 September 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 97)	11 September 1999 v India
Last ODI	21 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	45
T20I debut (cap 6)	16 February 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I	11 January 2015 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–present	Jamaica
2005	Worcestershire
2008–2010	Kolkata Knight Riders(squad no. 45)
2009–2011	Western Warriors
2011–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore(squad no. 333)
2011–2013	Sydney Thunder
2012	Barisal Burners
2008	Stanford Superstars
2011	Matabeleland Tuskers
2013–present	Jamaica Tallawahs
2013–present	Dhaka Gladiators
2014	Highveld Lions
2015–2016	Melbourne Renegades(squad no. 333)
2015	Barisal Bulls
2015–present	Somerset (squad no. 333)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 103 269 46 180 Runs scored 7,214 9,221 1,506 13,226 Batting average 42.18 37.33 37.65 44.79 100s/50s 15/37 22/47 2/13 32/61 Top score 333 215 117 333 Balls bowled 7,109 7,222 301 12,511 Wickets 73 163 15 132 Bowling average 42.73 35.20 24.00 38.91 5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0 Best bowling 5/34 5/46 2/15 5/34 Catches/stumpings 96/– 114/– 12/– 158/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 16 March 2016

Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Considered as one of the greatest big hitting legends in limited overs cricket, Gayle has set numerous world records in all formats of the game.

He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 againstSouth Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. He is known as a big hitter, very often hitting sixes; in 2012 he became the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. Playing forRoyal Challengers Bangalore, he scored a 30-ball century, that became the highest individual T20 score (175 not out).^[2][3] It eclipsed the previous mark set by Brendon McCullum of Kolkata Knight Riders. At the launch of the Caribbean Premier League he was announced as the first franchise player for the league.^[4]

Chris Gayle became the first batsman in World Cup history to score a double century when he reached 200 off 138 balls during the 2015 Cricket World Cup versus Zimbabwe. He finished on 215 runs, which was the record for highest score in a World Cup until it was broken by Martin Guptill, coincidentally against Gayle's West Indies team.^[5]He is one of the five players to score a double century in ODIs. On 16th March 2016 he became the second player (after Brendon McCullum) to hit two T20I hundreds when he was batting against England, and also earning the nickname 'Boss' from Darren Sammy.

He captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and also represents the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, theLahore Qalandars^[6][7] in the Pakistan Super League, the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League and the Dhaka Gladiators in theBangladesh Premier League. He has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors,Sydney Thunder, Barisal Burners, Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset in his career. He was also selected for team Uva Next for the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012.^[8]

He is also known for kneeling with arms raised to the sky after every century.

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