Gaylestorm Gone, Hurricane Gayle Now!

Gayle raced to
his century in just 30 balls, a world record in all formats of cricket. He hit
13 fours and 17 huge sixes in his unbeaten knock. His tally of 17 sixes created
another world record in all formats of the game, and RCB had also achieved a
new high of 23 team sixes in a match. He did not seem to end his innings at 175, but the allotted
20 overs were over by then. This became the highest individual score ever in
the history of T20 cricket. He helped his team reach a total of 263—the
highest ever team score in the history of T20 cricket. In fact, Gayle has also completed a century with the help of sixes only (17 * 6= 102!). By then the result of
the match was a forgone conclusion with the hapless Pune Warriors losing by a
huge margin of 130 runs. Gayle already holds an IPL record of scoring four big
hundreds.
Chris Gayle’s
unbelievable knock of 175 in 66 balls created ripples throughout the world of
cricket. India
captain and T20 specialist MS Dhoni got overwhelmed by the superlative display
of flawless batting. Darren Sammy, the West
Indies
captain, had reportedly expressed his ecstasy saying Gayle was “not human, he’s
a tsunami mixed with a nuclear bomb”. Yes, he is definitely Hurricane Gayle. His
knock assumes great significance in IPL-6 where most of the matches played so
far are low-scoring and choked with the bowlers enjoying an edge and achieving
several hattricks already.

But then, IPL-6
is not even halfway through, only 33 match have been played and in all there
are 76 scheduled matches. With the participation of many greats and veterans
this extravaganza of money spinning tournament has invariably managed to inject
some amount of genuine cricket too. By the way, today India cricket
giant Sachin Tendulkar turns 40. Wishing him a Happy Birthday the cricket-crazy
nation must be geared up to see some fascinating cricket from the little master
in the rest of the IPL-6 matches.
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