cricket history, reaching the triple figure in just 30 balls during
the Royal Challengers Bangalore-Pune Warriors IPL clash on Tuesday.
Though, the milestone came in an IPL clash, and not in any
international tie , Gayle's fireworks will be remembered by cricket
buffs for long.
Gayle pulverised the Pune attack and scored 175 not out in just 66
balls and hit 17 sixes, most in a T20 innings, and 13 boundaries in
the process, to send the crowd in delirium. This was also Gayle's
second ton in his IPL career.
Gayle blitz powered Bangalore to a T20 record 263 for five. The
previous highest total by a team in this form of the game was 260 by
Sri Lanka .
Gayle also became the highest-ever individual scorer in a T20 game
surpassing Kolkata Knight Riders' Brendon McCullum who hit 158 off 73
balls against RCB.
By the time he had reached his century, 98 off Gayle's runs had come
in boundaries (8 Fours and 11 Sixes). For the record, he consumed 23
balls to reach 150 from 100, which was the slowest of the three
fifties, giving a fair indication of what he actually did to the
clueless bowlers.
Pakistan's flamboyant batsman Shahid Afridi holds the record of
fastest century in ODI (37 balls) while, Viv Richards is credited for
scoring fastest ton (56 balls) in Test history.
South African Richard Richard Levi holds the record for fastest
international T20 hundred. Levi had slammed 45-ball centuryagainst New
Zealand in 2011 at Hamilton.
Gayle had, earlier, also scored record 50-ball 100 in T20I before
Richard Levi surpassed his feat.
Gayle also beat the previous 34-ball ton Twenty20 league record set by
Australia's Andrew Symonds .
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