Chris Gayle Biography:
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle was born on 21 September 1979. He is a Jamaican cricketer who
plays international cricket for the West Indies. He is Captain West Indies
cricket team player. He captained the West Indies' Test
side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and also represents the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the Melbourne Renegades in the Big
Bash League and the Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League. He is known as
a big hitter, very often hitting sixes; in 2012 he became the first player to
hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. He has also represented Worcestershire, the Western
Warriors, Sydney Thunder, Barisal
Burners and the Kolkata Knight Riders in his career. He was
announced as the first franchise player for the league. Chris Gayle became the
first batsman in World Cup history to score a double century when he reached
200 off 138 balls during the 2015 Cricket World Cup versus Zimbabwe.Gayle played for the West Indies at youth international level prior to making his first-class debut aged 19 for Jamaica He was also selected for
team Uva Next
for the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012.
He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test
level: 317 against South Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. . At the launch of the Caribbean Premier League . He finished on
215 runs, which was the record for highest score in a World Cup until it was
broken by Martin Guptill, ironically against Gayle's West
Indies team.
Chris Gayle is one of the five players to score a double
century in ODIs Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, he scored
a 30-ball century, that became the highest individual T20 score (175 not out).
It eclipsed the previous mark set by Brendon
McCullum of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chris Gayle Personal Details:
- Full name :Christopher Henry Gayle
- Born :21 September 1979,Kingston, Jamaica
- Nickname :Gayleforce, GayleStorm, Master Storm, The big Jamaican kuta
- Height :6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
- Batting style :Left-handed
- Bowling style :Right arm offbreak
- Role :All-rounder
- National: West Indies
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