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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Chris Gayle Sets New Record For Most Sixes in T20 Innings

Chris Gayle slams 18 sixes for his 20th Twenty20 ton, first to go past 11,000 runs

Self proclaimed 'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle broke the record for most amount of sixes in T20 innings as he smashed 18 maximums and scored an unbeaten 146 off just 69 balls for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League final against Dhaka Dynamites in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Chris Gayle also crossed the 11,000 run mark in T20, way ahead of Brendon McCullum, who is second in the list with 8526 runs.

Chris Gayle was dropped by Shakib Al Hasan on 22 and then went onto share an unbeaten 201-run stand with McCullum - a highest partnership in T20 final - to power Rangpur Riders to 206/1.

Gayle also became the first batsman to hit 20 hundreds in T20s.

The number of sixes hit by Gayle is also a world record in an innings in the format. His sixes count in T20 cricket reached whopping figure of 819. In the process, Gayle became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in BPL.

Earlier, the Jamaican ace smashed 126* off just 51 deliveries to help his Rangpur Riders cruise to victory over the Khulna Titans.

Gayle featuring for Rangpur Riders in the eliminator against Khulna Titans in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) stroked his first ton of the season in the T20 tournament.

This also helped Gayle become the first batsman to smash 800 sixes in T20s, way ahead of the second-placed Kieron Pollard who is on 506 sixes.

Chris Gayle's T20 Stats

11056 - Number of runs by Chris Gayle in Twenty20s. He is the first batsman to go past 11000 in this format
18 - Most number of sixes hit by Gayle in an innings, breakings his own record of 17 hit in his knock of 175 in IPL 2013
20 - Number of centuries hit by Gayle in T20s, the first batsman to achieve this feat
47 - Number of sixes hit by Gayle in 2017 Bangladesh Premier League, the most
5 - Number of centuries for Gayle in the Bangladesh Premier League
819 - Number of sixes hit by Gayle in Twenty20s, the most ever by a batsman in this format

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