Chris Gayle is the hero of IPL, this record has not been broken since last 9 years
Cricket
oi-Rahul Singh
new Delhi. Indian Premier League 2022 season is going to start from 26th March. In such a situation, the discussion of IPL is gaining momentum. Many IPL records are also being discussed at this time. Meanwhile, some veterans including Chris Gayle will not be seen playing in the 15 seasons of IPL. Gayle did not participate in the auction this year. But still Gayle has made many great records in IPL so far. One of them is such a record which he had made 9 years ago and it remains intact even today.
Nine years ago, Gayle was seen playing for the Royal Challengers against Pune Warriors on 23 April 2013 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Gayle scored an unbeaten 175 off just 66 balls, which included 13 fours and 17 sixes. During this match, Gayle made some IPL records, which are still intact today. Gayle completed his century in just 30 balls, which became the fastest century in T20 cricket.
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9 years unbeaten record
Gayle hit 17 sixes in his unbeaten 175. After this, Gayle holds the record for most sixes in an innings in IPL. No one has been able to break this record even today. The second place in this case is Brendon McCullum, who hit 13 sixes in his first IPL match on April 18, 2018. Gayle also hit 13 sixes against Delhi Daredevils in 2012. Apart from this, Gayle also holds the record for the highest individual score in IPL during this match. His record is still intact and no one has been able to reach him.
He also holds the record for hitting most sixes.
Apart from this, Gayle tops the list of most sixes in IPL history. He has hit 357 sixes in 142 matches in IPL. AB de Villiers, who is second in the list, is far behind Gayle. De Villiers has hit 251 sixes. Gayle has played 142 IPL matches so far in which he has scored 4965 runs at an average of 39.72, which includes 6 centuries. He has also taken 18 wickets.
Story first published: Monday, March 21, 2022, 16:40 [IST]
