Swashbuckling West Indian batsman Chris Gayle on Tuesday became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during the Indian Premier League match between his side Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions in Rajkot.
Gayle, who came into the match with just three runs short of the landmark, took a single off Lions pacer Basil Thampi in the fourth over of the RCB innings to complete the unique milestone. He went on to score a characteristic 38-ball 77 in his 290th Twenty20 match to take his tally to 10,074 runs.
Gayle, who came into the match with just three runs short of the landmark, took a single off Lions pacer Basil Thampi in the fourth over of the RCB innings to complete the unique milestone. He went on to score a characteristic 38-ball 77 in his 290th Twenty20 match to take his tally to 10,074 runs.
37-year-old towering Jamaican, who was playing in his 285th Twenty20 innings, has a batting average of 40-plus in the shortest format of the game with 18 hundreds and 61 half-centuries. His strike rate is nearly 150 and his highest T20 score is 175.
Gayle, who likes to call himself 'Universe Boss', is no doubt a giant of a cricketer in the T20
Gayle, who likes to call himself 'Universe Boss', is no doubt a giant of a cricketer in the T20
format. The difference in run aggregate between Gayle and the next-highest in the T20s -- Brendon McCullum (7524 runs from 272 matches) of New Zealand -- is 2550.
The difference between the number of sixes hit by Gayle (743) and the next-highest in T20s -- Kieron Pollard (459) -- is 284.
The difference between the number of sixes hit by Gayle (743) and the next-highest in T20s -- Kieron Pollard (459) -- is 284.
le, who made his international debut in September 1999, has not announced retirement from Test as well as ODI cricket though he has not played either format in more than two years. He last played a Test match in September 2014 against Bangladesh. His last ODI was in March 2015 against New Zealand in Wellington.
Gayle has scored 7214 Test runs from 103 matches at an average of 42.18, with 15 centuries and 37 half-centuries. He has played 269 ODIs from which he has scored 9221 runs at an average of 37.33 with 22 hundreds and 47 fifties.
He has also scored 1519 runs from the 50 Twenty20 Internationals he has player
Gayle has scored 7214 Test runs from 103 matches at an average of 42.18, with 15 centuries and 37 half-centuries. He has played 269 ODIs from which he has scored 9221 runs at an average of 37.33 with 22 hundreds and 47 fifties.
He has also scored 1519 runs from the 50 Twenty20 Internationals he has player
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