Biography, profile and career records of Chris Gayle, West Indies cricketer


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Biography of Chris Gayle


The full name of Chris Gayle is Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle. Gayle was born in the year 1979 September 21st at Kingston, Jamaica. Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer and in International level, Gayle plays for West Indies. Gayle is famous for Powerful hitter of the ball. He scores most of the runs in sixes. Gayle is a left handed attacking batsman and a right handed off spinner.
Chris Gayle
Gayle also played for Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight Riders. His current IPL team was Royal challengers Bangalore. Gayle also became the captain of West Indies from 2007 to 2010. Gayle was a T20 specialist. Gayle was the first person to hit a century on T20 International cricket. Gayle started his test career in the year 2000 March 16 against Zimbabwe and he made his ODI debut in the year 1999 September 11.

Profile of Chris Gayle


Full name: Alastair Christopher Henry Gayle
Chris Gayle birth place: Kingston, Jamaica
Chris Gayle birth date: 21/09/1979
Chris Gayle ODI debut: 11/09/1999
Chris Gayle Test debut: 16/03/2000
Batting style: Left handed batsman
ODI centuries: 19
Test centuries: 13
Role in cricket: All rounder
Highest score of Chris Gayle in Test: 333
Highest score of Chris Gayle in ODI: 153

Career performance of Chris Gayle


Test Cricket performance of Chris Gayle

Total matches: 91 matches played
Total runs: 6373 runs scored
Strike rate: 59.1
Average: 41.65
Centuries scored: 13 times
Half centuries scored: 33 times

ODI Cricket performance of Chris Gayle

Total matches: 228 matches played
Total runs: 8087 runs scored
Strike rate: 83.86
Average: 39.07
Centuries scored: 19 times
Half centuries scored: 43 times

T20 Cricket performance of Chris Gayle

Total matches: 20 matches played
Total runs: 617 runs scored
Strike rate: 144.5
Average: 32.47
Highest score: 117

IPL Cricket performance of Chris Gayle

Total matches: 16 matches played
Total runs: 463 runs scored
Strike rate: 141.59
Average: 30.87
Highest score: 88


Comments

Author: mn viswanath14 Oct 2011 Member Level: Silver   Points : 1

west indies loss is 'RCB' gain. I have been one of the witnesses of 'CHRISSSSSSS GAYLE 's exploits with the bat last year and this year and honestly i have never seen like that before.What striking power !mind boggling.He IS NOT not a' flash in the pan' cricketer ,he know his strengths more than a bowler knows about his weaknesses. Thanks to Mr Vijay Mallya for bringing Chris Gayle to RCB and Bangalore.



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