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