Chris Gayle and his brilliant record in Twenty20 cricket is a stuff of legends

Chris Gayle is the ultimate master of the Twenty20 format. The records that he has established in this format might never ever be broken. If Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar became the gold standard in Test and ODI cricket, then Gayle is the ultimate Universe Boss in the Twenty20 format. His brilliance in Twenty20 leagues all over the globe have established him as a superstar. At the age of 41, he is still going strong and will be looking to give West Indies one more title during the 2021 ICC World T20 in the UAE.

During the third Twenty20 International against Australia, Chris Gayle blasted a magnificent fifty. His 67 was his highest score since 2016 and it was a rare lean patch for him. Gayle blasted seven sixes and helped West Indies take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Australia. The Windies will now be dreaming of a whitewash in the coming two matches.

Following the end of thematch, here are some of the records broken by Chris Gayle in his Twenty20 journey

Records broken by Chris Gayle

14038 runs – Chris Gayle is the first player in the history of the format to go past 14000 runs. He is one of the four players to have gone past 10,000 runs in the format. Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik, and David Warner are the other players in this elite list apart from Gayle. Virat Kohli needs 78 runs to become the fifth person to 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket.

1665 – The number of runs scored by Chris Gayle in a calendar year. He achieved it in the year 2015. In 36 matches, he scored at an average of 59.46 with 10 fifties and three centuries. Virat Kohli and Gayle have scored more centuries in a calendar year with four in the 2016 IPL and Gayle in 2011.

86 – The number of fifties by Gayle in the Twenty20 format. He is ahead of the pack, with David Warner close behind with 82.

22 – This is the most number of centuries by any player in the history of the Twenty20s. No other player has gotten even 10 centuries in Twenty20s. Aaron Finch and David Warner have the most number of centuries with eight apiece, but they are still well behind Chris Gayle

10422 – Number of runs scored by Chris Gayle in fours and sixes. Gayle has hit 1079 fours and 1021 sixes. 74.2 percent of Gayle’s runs in Twenty20 matches has come from fours and sixes. The number of boundary runs that Gayle has scored is more than Sunil Gavaskar’s Test runs and Tillakaratne Dilshan’s ODI tally

1021 – The number of sixes that have been hit by Gayle in Twenty20 cricket. The number of sixes that Gayle has hit in the format might never be broken.

Gayle ready to play more

Following the win against Australia, Gayle said that the unity in the West Indies team made him want to play longer.

“I want to dedicate these runs to my teammates, especially Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo. To Kieron Pollard, he played a big part as well even though he played in none of these games. So I’m very grateful for that pep talk because sometimes it doesn’t matter how great you are, you need a bit of a talk sometimes. That coming from Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo with big support in the media as well. I have to commend those senior guys, they played a fantastic part in what happened today. With this strength and unity, we’re playing some great all-round cricket,” Gayle said.

One hopes that Gayle continues to dazzle the cricket world with his brilliance as he looks to create more records in the coming years.