The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener batsman Chris Gayle has set a new record milestone for the fastest century in the history of professional cricket by hitting a ton off just 30 balls against Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League season 6.
West Indies international, Gayle smashed century in just 30-ball with the help of 11 sixes and 8 boundaries. The fastest in the history of the game.
At the end of an innings, Gayle was not out with 175 runs in 66 balls.
Gayle stated just after his innings, "I am lost for words myself. It was just one of those days, it was a good wicket. We went berserk in the first 6 overs, it worked out well. Then I decided to play myself a bit in and very happy that it went my way."
The 30-ball ton beats the previous record set by Australia's Andrew Symonds in 34-ball. The other record is of Shahid Afridi's 37-ball ton in 50-over cricket for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 1996.
Interesting Stats:
West Indies international, Gayle smashed century in just 30-ball with the help of 11 sixes and 8 boundaries. The fastest in the history of the game.
At the end of an innings, Gayle was not out with 175 runs in 66 balls.
Gayle stated just after his innings, "I am lost for words myself. It was just one of those days, it was a good wicket. We went berserk in the first 6 overs, it worked out well. Then I decided to play myself a bit in and very happy that it went my way."
The 30-ball ton beats the previous record set by Australia's Andrew Symonds in 34-ball. The other record is of Shahid Afridi's 37-ball ton in 50-over cricket for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 1996.
Interesting Stats:
- Chris Gayle is the only player in the Indian T20 League to have hit four centuries.
- Chris Gayle now has scored the most number of runs in a single ground. He has scored 1230 runs at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Hamilton Masakadza scored 1202 runs in Harare in T20s, which Gayle has easily eclipsed.
- The 167 run partnership between Chris Gayle and Dilshan is the highest opening stand in the Indian T20 League. The previous best was 163 between Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith.
- Chris Gayle hit 17 sixes in a single innings. This is the most by a single player in the history of T20 cricket, going past Graham Napier's 16 sixes in a T20 game for Essex against Sussex in 2008.
- Bangalore now hold the record for the highest individual team score in T20 Cricket. The highest team score is 260/6 by Sri Lanka against Kenya. Excluding T20Is, the highest county score is 254 by Gloucestershire against Uxbridge. In the Indian T20 League, Bangalore have gone past Chennai's score of 246/5 which was the previous highest in this tournament.
- Chris Gayle now holds the record for the highest individual score in T20 cricket.
- Phew. What a knock from Gayle. He has broken all existing records in T20 Cricket. Here is a complete Stats compendium of Gayle's brilliance.
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