Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle

OD

Gayle in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Henry Gayle
Born	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 44) Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname	Universe Boss, Gayle Force
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Batting-all rounder
International information
National side	West Indies (1999–2021)
Test debut (cap 230)	16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	5 September 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 97)	11 September 1999 v India
Last ODI	14 August 2019 v India
ODI shirt no.	45, 301[a]
T20I debut (cap 6)	16 February 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I	6 November 2021 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2018/19	Jamaica[b]
2009–2010	Kolkata Knight Riders
2009/10–2010/11	Western Australia
2011–2017	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011/12–2012/13	Sydney Thunder
2012–2022	Fortune Barishal
2013–2016, 2019	Jamaica Tallawahs
2015–2016	Somerset
2016	Lahore Qalandars
2017–2018, 2021	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2017–2019	Rangpur Riders
2017	Karachi Kings
2018–2021	Punjab Kings
2018–2019	Jozi Stars
2021	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 103 301 79 180 Runs scored 7,214 10,480 1,899 13,226 Batting average 42.18 37.83 27.92 44.83 100s/50s 15/37 25/54 2/14 32/64 Top score 333 215 117 333 Balls bowled 7,109 7,424 381 12,511 Wickets 73 167 20 132 Bowling average 42.73 35.48 22.00 39.34 5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/34 5/46 2/15 5/34 Catches/stumpings 96/– 124/– 20/– 158/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  West Indies ICC Champions Trophy Winner 2004 England Runner-up 2006 India ICC Men's T20 World Cup Winner 2012 Sri Lanka Winner 2016 India
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2021

Christopher Henry Gayle OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies from 1999 to 2021.^[1] Nicknamed "The Universe Boss", Gayle is widely regarded as the greatest batsman ever to have played Twenty20 cricket.^[2][3] He played a crucial role in the West Indies teams that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

He has set numerous records across all three formats of the game. He is the most capped player for the West Indies in international cricket and is the only player to score a triplet of centuries – a triple hundred in Tests, double hundred in ODIs and a hundred in T20Is. Gayle is the only player to score more than 14,000 runs and hit more than 1000 sixes in T20 cricket^[4][5] He is also the leading run scorer for West Indies in both ODIs and T20Is and along with Brian Lara the only player to score more than 10,000 runs for West Indies in ODI Cricket. Gayle was the first West Indian batsman to score a double-century in ODI cricket and subsequently in the history of World Cup cricket, where he scored an innings of 215 against Zimbabwe. His innings of 215 is currently the highest individual score by a left-handed batsman in ODI cricket. Along with the ODI record, he has the highest individual score in the T20 World Cup as a West Indian with his 117 runs against South Africa. Moreover, in the ICC Champions Trophy, he has the highest score made by a West Indian with his innings of 133 not out against South Africa in the 2006 tournament. In addition to his batting, He has picked up over 200 International Wickets with his Right-arm off-break spin bowling. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player in the 2011 Indian Premier League and held the Orange Cap in 2012. On 23 April 2013, He broke the record for the fastest ever T20 hundred in his landmark knock of 175 runs from 66 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India in the IPL, which is also the highest score ever by a batsman in T20 history. He also equaled the record for the fastest 50 in T20 cricket while playing for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League.^[6]

Playing Tests, Gayle scored over 7,000 runs at an average of over 42 and captained the West Indian Test side from 2007 to 2010. He last played in a Test match in September 2014, against Bangladesh. After initially expressing his desire to retire from ODIs after the 2019 Cricket World Cup He nonetheless played in the ODI series against India after the World Cup playing his final and 301st ODI match wearing the special jersey number 301 in August 2019, against India. In December 2020, Gayle was included in the ICC T20I Team of the Decade.^[7]

In September 2021, he was included in the West Indies squad for 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[8]

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