Everything you need to know about Chris Gayle

Everything you need to know about Chris Gayle

Everything you need to know about Chris Gayle: Christopher Gayle was born on the 21st of September 1979. He is a Jamaican cricket player. He started playing international cricket for the West Indies in 1999. A destructive batsman, Gayle belongs to a group of the greatest batsmen to have played Twenty20 cricket. He played the most important role in the West Indies team’s win in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, 2012 ICC World Twenty20, and 2016 ICC World Twenty20 matches.

Gayle has numerous records of his name across all three formats of the game. He is the most decorated player for the West Indies in international cricket. Gayle is the only player to own a triplet of centuries – a triple hundred in Tests, a double hundred in One Day Internationals, and a hundred in T20Is. Gayle is the sole player to score more than 14000 runs. He has the record to hit more than 1000 sixes in T20 cricket.

He is the leading run-scorer for the West Indies team in both ODIs and T20Is. Sharing the stage with Brian Lara, Gayle is the only player to score more than 10,000 runs for West Indies in ODI Cricket.

He has knocked over 200 International Wickets with his Right-arm spin bowling. He was rewarded with the Most Valuable Player award in the 2011 Indian Premier League. Gayle possessed the Orange Cap in the year 2012. On the 23rd of April 2013, he owned the record for the fastest ever T20 hundred – 175 runs off 66 deliveries for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India in the IPL. This score is the highest score ever by a batter in T20 history. He went on to equal the record for the fastest 50 in T20 cricket. Gayle achieved this while playing for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League.

In Test matches, Gayle has scored over 7000 runs at an average rate of over 42. He handled the captaincy of the West Indian Test side from 2007 to 2010. His last Test match was in September 2014 against Bangladesh. Chris Gayle played in the ODI series against India after the World Cup playing his final. In the 301st ODI match, he wore the special jersey number 301 in August 2019, against India. In December 2020, Gayle was called up for the ICC T20I Team of the Decade.

In September 2021, Chris Gayle was included in the West Indies national squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Facts

Personal information

Full name – Christopher Henry Gayle

Born – the 21st of September 1979

Birthplace – Kingston, Jamaica

Height – Stands 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall

Batting – Left-handed

Bowling – Right-arm off-break

Role – All-rounder

International information

National side

West Indies – (1999–2021)

Test debut (cap 230) – 16th of March 2000 against Zimbabwe

Last Test – 5th of September 2014 against Bangladesh

ODI debut (cap 97) – 11th of September 1999 against India

Last ODI – 14th of August 2019 against India

ODI shirt no. – 45, 301 (last match only)

T20I debut (cap 6) – 16th of February 2006 against New Zealand

Last T20I – 6th of November 2021 against Australia

Domestic team information

1998/99–2018/19 – Jamaica

2009–2010 – Kolkata Knight Riders

2009/10–2010/11 – Western Australia

2011–2017 – Royal Challengers Bangalore

2011/12–2012/13 – Sydney Thunder

2013–2016; 2019 – Jamaica Tallawahs

2015–2016 – Somerset

2017–2021 – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

2017/18–2018/19 – Rangpur Riders

2018–2021 – Punjab Kings

2018–2019 – Jozi Stars

Top Records

7th – Most runs in an innings (by batting position) – Test matches

1st – Most triple hundreds in a career – Test matches

4th – Most sixes in career – Test matches

Carrying bat through completed innings – 165 – Test matches

1000 runs, 50 wickets, and 50 catches – Test matches

5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals – Test matches

4th – Longest careers – 19y 337d – One-Day Internationals

4th – Most runs in an innings (by batting position) – One-Day Internationals

3rd – Oldest player to score a hundred – 39y 159d – One-Day Internationals

1st – Dismissed for 99 – One-Day Internationals

3rd – Fifties in consecutive innings – One-Day Internationals

6th – Most ducks in career – One-Day Internationals

2nd – Most sixes in an innings – One-Day Internationals

8th – Fastest to 10000 runs – One-Day Internationals

3rd – Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings – One-Day Internationals

Opening the batting side and bowling side in the same match – One-Day Internationals

1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches – One-Day Internationals

5000 runs and 50 fielding – One-Day Internationals

1st – Highest partnership for the second wicket – One-Day Internationals

1st – Longest careers – 15y 263d – Twenty20 Internationals

2nd – Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder) – Twenty20 Internationals

1st – Fifties in consecutive innings – Twenty20 Internationals

3rd – Most sixes in career – Twenty20 Internationals

Carrying bat through completed innings – 63 – Twenty20 Internationals

6th – Highest partnership for the second wicket – Twenty20 Internationals

6th – Most player-of-the-series awards – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records

4th – Most consecutive ducks – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records

1st – Most sixes in career – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	103	182	11	7215	333	42.19	11970	60.28	15	3	37	1046	98
ODI	301	294	16	10480	215	37.7	12019	87.2	25	1	54	1128	331
T20I	79	75	7	1899	117	27.93	1381	137.51	2	0	14	158	124
IPL	142	141	16	4965	175	39.72	3333	148.96	6	0	31	405	357

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	103	104	7109	3120	73	5/34	6/81	2.63	42.74	97.38	2	0
ODI	301	199	7424	5926	167	5/46	5/46	4.79	35.49	44.46	1	0
T20I	79	30	381	440	20	2/15	2/15	6.93	22.0	19.05	0	0
IPL	142	38	554	729	18	3/21	3/21	7.9	40.5	30.78	0	0

Teams

West Indies

Balkh Legends

Barisal Burners

Chattogram Challengers

D Ganga’s XI

Dhaka Gladiators

Dolphins

Fortune Barishal

Hooper XI

ICC World XI

Jacobs XI

Jacques Kallis Invitational XI

Jamaica

Jamaica Tallawahs

Jozi Stars

Kandy Tuskers

Karachi Kings

Kings XI Punjab

Kolkata Knight Riders

Lahore Qalandars

Lions

Marylebone Cricket Club

Matabeleland Tuskers

Melbourne Renegades

Quetta Gladiators

Rangpur Riders

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RR Sarwan’s XI

Somerset

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots

Stanford Superstars

Sydney Thunder

Vancouver Knights

West Indies Under-19s

Western Australia

Worcestershire