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Chris Gayle cannon-balled into the world of cricket in 1999 and hasn’t looked back since. Since practically his first at-bat for West Indies, Gayle has been an international sensation who has proven himself time after time that he is one of the best batsman in the history of the sport.

India and West Indies face off this week in a highly-anticipated World Cup match. India should win, especially given how they have performed in their 3 matches thus far, all victories.

But, any chance West Indies does have, lies in the bat of Gayle. These fun facts about Gayle are written testimony to his dominance.

  • Chris Gayle is among the few West Indian players to have scored more than 6000 runs in Test cricket.
  • Gayle holds the record for most number of centuries for a West Indian in ODIs.
  • He became the first West Indian to score more than 7000 runs and take more than 150 wickets in ODIs.
  • Gayle also became the first player to score a triple century against South Africa.
  • While Sachin Tendulkar is the king when it comes to scoring tons in Tests and ODIs, in T20s it’s the Chris Gayle show. The dashing left-hander has scored seven centuries in this format–two of these are international hundreds.
  • He is amongst the four elite Batsman in the world who have scored two Triple centuries in Test cricket with Donald Bradman, Virender Sehwag and Brian Lara.
  • He is the one of the three batsman to score three 150+ plus runs in ODI’s with Brian Lara and Vivian Richards being other two.
  • He has the unique distinction of scoring a 100 in all three formats of the game.
  • Gayle is the first player to have scored a century on T20 WC debut.
  • He finished IPL 4 as the tournament’s leading run-scorer, with 608 runs, and hence bagged the “Orange Cap”.
  • Before Fame-He played with Kingston’s renowned Lucas Cricket Club, which he said saved him from a life on the streets.
  • He is laughing, charming and always doing some crazy things on the field that Tony Cozier once called him “the laughing cavalier.”
  • He is the first batsman to score a hundred in T-20 format against South Africa in 2007 world cup game (117) and also first to score centuries in all three formats of the game.

Rohit Ghosh is a Senior Writer for www.Rantsports.com. Follow him on Twitter @RohitGhosh. “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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