At the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on Wednesday, Gayle scored a century off just 48 balls, decorated with 11 sixes and five boundaries, and made England’s decent total of 182 for 6 look dwarf, and take West Indies home with 11 balls to spare.
It was Chris Gayle's second career T20I century with the last coming in 2007 World T20 against Australia. Gayle also became the first man in history to score two tons in World T20
Chris Gayle's 11 sixes during the knock also helped him surpass New Zealander Bredndon McCullum’s record of maximum sixes (91) sixes in T20Is.
Chris Gayle reached his 50 in 27 balls and just took another 21 balls to complete the next 50 runs
At 36, Chris Gayle has the exuberance of a youth and the West Indian is the ‘most wanted’ player when it comes to garner the attention of the T20 leagues around the world
In his post-match TV interview after Wednesday's innings, he said his "fantastic" innings was designed to impress his drinking buddy Sulieman Benn.
"Before I went out Sulieman Benn said you're going to 'entertain me'," said a beaming Gayle after hitting the third fastest international T20 century.
"I wanted to entertain my team-mate -- he's my drinking partner as well."
For the record, Chris Gayle has scored T20 hundreds in India, the West Indies,
Australia, England, South Africa, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, turning up
for as many as 18 teams.
Chris Gayle's tally of 8,826 runs in 239 Twenty20 matches
is a whopping 1,828 more than second-placed Brad Hodge.
Chris Gayle's average is a stellar 43 and his strike-rate a brilliant 150. He has smashed 637 sixes, a cool 249 more than Kieron Pollard, and only 36 fewer than the combined total of Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh.
By his own admission, Gayle did what he did to England because his
drinking partner, the burly left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, demanded
that he be entertained. So much for friendship!
Centuries Scored in Twenty 20 Internationals
1)Chris Gayle (WI)117(57 Balls 4x7 and 6x10)Vs South Africa@ Johannesburg on Sep 11,2007
2)Brendon McCullum (NZ)116*(56 Balls 4x12 and 6x8)Vs Australia @ Christ Church on Feb 28,2010
3)Suresh Raina(India) 101(60 Balls 4x9 and 6x5)Vs South Africa @Gros Islet on May 02,2010
4)Mahela Jayawardene (SL)100(64 Balls 4x10 and 6x4)Vs Zimbabwe @ Providence on May 03,2010
5)Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)104*(57 Balls 4x12 and 6x5)Vs Australia @ Kandy on Aug 06,2011
6)Richard Levi (SA)117*(51 Balls 4x5 and 6x13)Vs New Zealand @ Hamilton on Feb 19,2012
7) Richie Berrington(Scotland)100(58 Balls 4x10 and 6x5)Vs Bangladesh @ Voorberg on July 24,2012
8)Brendon McCullum(NZ) 123(58 Balls 4x11 and 6x7)Vs Bangladesh @ Kandy on Sep 21,2012
9)Martin Guptill(NZ)101*(69 Balls 4x9 and 6x6)Vs South Africa @ East London on Dec 23,2012
10)Aaron Finch(Australia)156(63 Balls 4x11 and 6x14)Vs England @ Southampton on Aug 29,2013
11)Alex Hales(England)116*(64 Balls 4x11 and 6x6)Vs Sri Lanka @ Chittagong on Mar 27,2014
12)Ahmed Shezad(Pakistan)111*(62 Balls 4x10 and 6x5)Vs Bangladesh@ Dhaka on Mar 30,2014
13)Faf du Plesis(SA)119(56 Balls 4x11 and 6x5)Vs West Indies @ Johannesburg on Jan 11,2015
14)Morne van Wyk(SA)114*(70 Balls 4x9 and 6x7)Vs West Indies @ Durban on Jan 14,2015
15)Rohit Sharma(India)106(66 Balls 4x12 and 6x5)Vs South Africa @ Dharamsala on Oct 02,2015
16)Mohammad Shahzad(Afghan)118*(67 Balls 4x10 and 6x8)Vs Zimbabwe @ Sharjah on Jan 10,2016
17)Shane Watson(Australia)124*(71 Balls 4x10 and 6x6)Vs India @ SCG on Jan 31,2016
18)Babar Hyat(Hong Kong)122(60 Balls 4x9 and 6x7)Vs Oman @ Fatullah on Feb 19,2016
19)Tamim Iqbal(Bangladesh)103*(63 Balls 4x10 and 6x5)Vs Oman @ Dharamsala on Mar 13,2016
20)Chris Gayle(WI) 100*(48 Balls 4x5 and 6x11)Vs England @ Mumbai on Mar 16,2016
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