West Indies cricket team’s stormy batsman Chris Gayle has created history in T20 cricket. In the third T20 International match of the five-match series against Australia, Gayle scored 67 runs in 38 balls with the help of seven sixes and four fours. During this innings, Gayle completed 14,000 runs in T20 cricket as soon as he scored the 29th run. Chris Gayle is the first batsman in the world to touch the 14,000-run mark in T20 cricket.
Before this match, Gayle had 13,971 runs in T20 cricket, with an innings of 67 runs he crossed the 14,000-run mark. West Indies beat Australia by six wickets on the back of Gayle’s batting.
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‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle now has 14,038 runs in 431 T20 matches at an average of 37.63. During this, his bat has scored 22 centuries and 87 half-centuries. Kieron Pollard of West Indies is second in this list with 10,836 runs in 545 matches. Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik is at number three in this list. Shoaib Malik has so far scored 10741 runs in 425 T20 matches.
Indian team captain Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer Indian batsman in T20 cricket. Kohli has so far scored 9,922 runs in 310 T20Is at an average of 41.86, including five centuries and 72 half-centuries. Kohli is at number five in this list.
He was given the man of the match for this brilliant innings of Chris Gayle. With this win, West Indies have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Chris Gayle’s return to form before the T20 World Cup is a matter of great relief for the West Indies cricket team, while the concerns of the opponents have increased.
Gayle dedicated his brilliant innings to Dwayne Bravo and captain Kieron Pollard. Bravo shared an emotional post for Gayle before this match. In which he wrote that, “Gayle has carried the team’s weight on his shoulders for years and now it is the team’s turn.” Gayle said after the match that Bravo and Pollard supported him in difficult times.
In the third match of the series, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Australia scored 141 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of six wickets. Moises Henriques scored 33, while captain Aaron Finch scored 30 runs, while Hayden Walsh Jr took two wickets for 18 runs for West Indies.
In reply, West Indies fell within 42 runs for two wickets. Andre Fletcher and Lendley Simmons were dismissed for four and 15 runs respectively. After this, Gayle and Nicholas Pooran together ensured the victory of West Indies. Pooran returned not out after scoring 32 runs.