Chris Gayle - The Shining Star Of The Indian Premier League

 

One of the best things about the innings by Chris Gayle against the Pune Warriors India was the way he handled the bowlers. There was hardly any respite for any bowlers. The best of the bowlers was Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, who was able to bowl economically – 4-023-0.

We are talking about the hurricane innings Chris Gayle played against the Pune team at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 23 April 2013. It was one of the fastest innings and a host of records were broken and lots of new ones created. Aaron Finch was the unlucky captain, who was leading the Pune side then.

Towards the end of the innings it was AB de Villiers who blasted 31 runs off eight balls that included three fours and an equal number of sixes. If the strike was to go Gayle’s way, there would have been even more blasting and an outside chance for the gentle giant to score an improbable double century even in T20s.

Chris Gayle created history at Bangalore when he belted a record 175 runs in a mere 66 balls. It was a batting show that would hardly be matched in the near future. In his marathon innings, Gayle smoked as many as 17 sixes - yet another record, and 13 fours. It was a phenomenal innings that practically kept no interest in the match.

As if the belting was not enough, Gayle bowled an over as well. The bowling department is hardly handled by Gayle, which he normally does not. And believe it or not, he had the best bowling figures as well. He took two wickets conceding just five runs.

But coming back to Gayle’s batting, here is a breakup of how he reached one milestone after the other.

Gayle reached his 50 off just 17 balls which included 6 fours and 4 sixes. His next milestone was reaching a century, which he did in a matter of just 30 balls. Until then he had smoked eight fours and as many as 11 sixes. The next 23 balls took him to the 150-run mark, which was the slowest of the three 50s.

The great batsman has dedicated his century to the Caribbean fans. What better gesture can there be than this!

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