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Full Name Christopher Henry Gayle
Born September 21, 1979 Kingston, Jamaica
Age 45 Years, 3 Months, 5 Days
National Side West Indies
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
8 23 10 1 1

Career Information

Teams Played West Indies, ICC World XI, Jamaica Scorpions, Matabeleland Tuskers, PCA Masters XI, Stanford Super Stars, West Indies A, West Indies Inv XI, Worcestershire, University of West Indies Vice Chancellors XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Western Australia, West Indies Under-19, Somerset, Highveld Lions, Melbourne Renegades, Sydney Thunder, Barisal Burners, Chattogram Challengers, Dhaka Gladiators, Uva Next, Rangpur Rangers, Jamaica Tallawahs, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Barisal Bulls, Quetta Gladiators, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Cape Town Knight Riders, World XI, Kerala Knights, Vancouver Knights, Balkh Legends, Jozi Stars, Pokhara Rhinos, Team Abu Dhabi, Kandy Tuskers
Career Span

Christopher Henry Gayle Profile

Christopher Henry Gayle Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
103 182 11 7214 333 v SL 15 37 1046 98 42.18 60.26 96 0 16 1
ODI
301 294 17 10480 215 v ZIM 25 54 1128 331 37.83 87.19 124 0 26 14
World Cup
35 34 1 1186 215 v ZIM 2 6 116 49 35.93 90.53 17 0 2 1
T20I
78 74 7 1884 117 v SA 2 14 158 122 28.11 137.31 20 0 4 3
CL
6 6 0 257 92 v NSW 0 2 15 24 42.83 178.47 2 0 0 0
CPL
85 83 14 2519 116 v SKN 4 13 189 172 36.50 133.14 22 0 8 1
IPL
142 141 16 4965 175* v PWI 6 31 404 357 39.72 148.96 29 0 8 2

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
104 1184.5 230 3120 73 5/34 v ENG 5 2 42.73 2.63 97.38 76
ODI
199 1237.2 38 5926 167 5/46 v AUS 12 1 35.48 4.78 44.45 199
World Cup
20 132.1 3 652 16 2/21 v SA 0 0 40.75 4.93 49.56 20
T20I
29 62.3 0 433 19 2/15 v AUS 0 0 22.78 6.92 19.73 29
CL
5 8 0 93 0 0/6 v KKR 0 0 - 11.62 - 5
CPL
18 38.5 0 297 11 2/22 v AH 0 0 27.00 7.64 21.18 18
IPL
38 92.2 0 729 18 3/21 v PBKS 1 0 40.50 7.89 30.77 38

Christopher Henry Gayle Profile

His 'devil may care' style of play has come under harsh criticism on several occasions but with his unparalleled histrionics, Chris Gayle has, time and again proved his critics wrong, and has been the batsman West Indies gamble on for those rollicking starts, at least in the shorter formats of the game.

A regular member in the West Indies youth side, Gayle caught everyone's eye when he cracked a wonderful 141 on their Under-19 tour to Bangladesh and thereafter was hand-picked to represent his hometown , Jamaica, aged just 19. At Jamaica, he grew in stature and just 11 months later, he played his first ODI for the West Indies and consequently made his Test debut six months later. But he succumbed to pressure and after being offered several chances, was dropped. Gayle, however, redeemed himself in 2002 with a double century against New Zealand which was followed by a fantastic away series in India thereby sealing his place in the side. His 317 against South Africa in 2005 was breath-taking and his 2006 Champions Trophy performance provided an icing on the cake. He was offered captaincy in 2007 and the Jamaican did reasonably well with a relatively weak West Indian team at his disposal. In 2009, Gayle displayed two extremely contrasting sides of his personality, scoring an unbeaten 165 in a Test against Australia that took more than seven hours, while smashing the fifth fastest Test century off just 70 balls, in the next match. He followed it up with a triple hundred against Sri Lanka next year, becoming only the fourth batsman to score two triple tons in Tests.

Gayle was drafted in for Dirk Nannes as a mid-season replacement for Bangalore in the Indian T20 League under controversial circumstances but since then, he has been the undisputed king of Twenty20. The mighty Jamaican became an element of surprise as he single-handedly guided his team all the way to finals. He carried his form in the next edition, once again proving to be an unstoppable force. In the sixth season, 'Gaylestorm' as he is fondly known, smashed the fastest T20 century in the world against Pune off just 30 balls, a record, which only his firepower could pull off. There was no surprise when Bangalore named him as one of the retained players for 2014, the 7th season. Later on, he moved to Punjab but continued to boss the Indian T20 League in the same way.

One of the hardest hitters of the cricket ball in the modern game, Gayle is known to put opposition bowlers under pressure with his no-holds-barred style of batting. Most dangerous on the off side, Gayle's style is not exactly textbook but he still has a technique which is quite effective to demolish any bowling attack. 

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