Records broken by 'Universe Boss' aka Gayle
Christopher Henry Gayle a.k.a. 'Universe Boss' is the most destructive batsman in the history of the game. The towering Jamaican staked out a claim on that title by hammering an unbeaten 146 off just 69 balls in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League. Gayle broke several records on route to his whirlwind century. Let us take a look.
20 T20 hundreds for Gayle
Gayle's 146 off 69 against Dhaka Dynamites helped Rangpur Riders win their maiden title. It is also the highest individual score in the final of a T20 league. With 201 runs between Gayle and McCullum, he also set the record for the highest partnership in the final of a league. The West Indian also became the first batsman to hit 20 hundreds in T20s.
11,000 runs in T20 cricket
Gayle became the first batsman to cross the 11,000 run milestone in T20 cricket. The towering Jamaican also broke his own record by smashing 18 sixes in his innings, which is the most in a T20 innings. The dangerous left handed batsman crossed the 100 sixes mark in the Bangladesh Premier League and is the first batsman to smash 800 sixes in T20 cricket.
The globetrotter
Gayle made his T20 debut in 2005 for the PCA Masters XI in 2005 and since then he has been the most sought after player in T20 cricket worldwide. The West Indian is the perfect example of a free-agent cricketer with 320 T20 matches under his belt across 7 nations. He also boasts the highest score of 175 in the shortest format.
10,000 runs across three major formats
The 'Universe Boss' is the only batsman in history to score T20I ton, ODI double and Test triple hundred. Gayle is also the first cricketer to amass 10,000 runs in First-Class, List A, and T20s Gayle holds the joint record along with Yuvraj Singh for hitting the fastest T20 half century in 12 balls.
Most number of maximums in T20Is
Gayle's 117 against South Africa in the inaugural World T20 is the first ton in the shortest format. He's also the only batsman to score two T20 World Cup tons. He also scored fastest 100 in mere 30 balls during his 175 for RCB in 2013. With 100 sixes to his name, he holds the record for the most number of sixes in T20I
