Happy Birthday West Indies Cricketer Chris Gayle, his full name is Christopher Henry Gayle, Gayle was born on 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica, and is a Jamaican cricketer who has been playing international cricket for the West Indies since 1999. Chris Gayle is celebrating his 43rd birthday
A destructive batsman, Gayle is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have played Twenty20 cricket, and by some the best of all time.
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He played a key role in the West Indies teams winning the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, and the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
His Personal Life:-
Chris’s partner is Alyssa Berridge. On 20 April 2016, Gayle announced the birth of her daughter on the social media platform Instagram. On 9 September 2016, Gayle launched his autobiography Six Machine – I Don’t Like Cricket, I Love It. According to Forbes, Gayle has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
His Music:-
Chris began a music career in November 2020 with a dancehall music video titled “We Come Out to Party”. Earlier in 2020, he released a video about his party lifestyle.
In April 2021, Gayle released a music video titled “Jamaica to India” in collaboration with Indian rapper Emiway Bantai. In September 2021, Gayle announced the song ‘Punjabi Daddy’ and he was seen in a Sikh turban look.
His Retirement:-
Gayle played his last T20I match against Australia on 6 November 2021 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
However, he has not yet announced his retirement from international cricket. He retired in front of his home audience in Jamaica.
Chris Gayle’s Record Career:-
International Career
- Highest run-scorer in ODIs for West Indies.
- Second West Indies player (after Brian Lara), and 14th overall, to complete 10,000 runs in ODIs.
- He is the first (and so far only) batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket, a double century in ODI cricket, and a century in T20 Internationals.
- In the 2015 World Cup, he scored the fastest ODI double century in 138 balls against Zimbabwe.
- Third batsman to score a century against eleven different countries in ODIs.
- Fastest ODI fifty by West Indies batsmen. (50 runs in 19 balls).
- Most runs (474 runs) in an ICC Champions Trophy series.
- The only player to hit a six on the first ball of a test match.
- Along with Marlon Samuels, he holds the record for most ODI stands for any wicket (372 runs for the second wicket).
- Along with Devon Smith, he holds the record for most opening stands in ICC World T20 history (145).
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Domestic T20
- Leading run scorer in all formats of T20.
- He is the first batsman to score 10,000 T20 runs.
- Fastest batsman to score 4000 runs in IPL.
- He is the first and only batsman to hit 300 sixes in IPL.
- Highest individual score in T20 with 175* (off 66 balls).
- Highest score by a player in T20Is due to defeat (151*).
- He holds the joint record for the fastest T20 fifty in 12 balls.
- Most sixes (18) in T20 innings during the 2017-18 Bangladesh Premier League.
