CH Gayle’s unique distinction in T20 games
CH Gayle has achieved an unique distinction in the history of Twenty20 games. He has amassed 1000 plus runs in six consecutive years starting from 2011 to the current year 2016. His feat is unparalleled in the history of T20 games. His performance in each of the years mentioned above is furnished below
| Player | Year | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| CH Gayle | 2011 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1497 | 109* | 57.57 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 112 | 116 |
| CH Gayle | 2012 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 1532 | 128* | 47.87 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 100 | 121 |
| CH Gayle | 2013 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1344 | 175* | 49.77 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 100 |
| CH Gayle | 2014 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 1056 | 111* | 32.00 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 60 |
| CH Gayle | 2015 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1665 | 151* | 59.46 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 123 | 135 |
| CH Gayle | 2016 | 38 | 37 | 4 | 1030 | 108* | 31.21 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 88 |
He has become the first batsman to amass 9500 runs in T20 games. His run aggregate as on date read 9503. He is also on the threshold of another unique record in the history of T20 games. As on date he has scored 734 boundary fours and 694 boundary sixes. He needs six more boundary fours which would fetch him 700 boundary sixes. If he gets them, he would become the only batsman in the history of T20 games to score 700 plus boundary fours and 700 boundary sixes. His career figures as on date read thus
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| CH Gayle | 267 | 262 | 37 | 9503 | 175* | 42.23 | 18 | 59 | 15 | 734 | 694 |
He has represented the following teams in T20 games played across the globe – Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lahore Qalandars, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers, Melbourne Renegades, PCA Masters XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, West Indians, West Indies, Western Australia)