CH Gayle of West Indies was dismissed by the first ball of the match against Scotland at Harare on 21.03.18 in the ongoing ICC WCQ to provide the 72^nd occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in the history of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	B Wood	0	1	1	Eng	Win	Scarborough	26 Aug 1976
2	DW Randall	0	1	1	Eng	Win	Brisbane	23 Dec 1979
3	SM Gavaskar	0	1	1	Ind	NZl	Perth	09 Dec 1980
4	JG Wright	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Wellington	20 Feb 1982
5	GM Wood	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	06 Jan 1985
6	RJ Shastri	0	1	1	Ind	Pak	Sharjah	22 Mar 1985
7	JG Bracewell	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Adelaide	27 Jan 1986
8	Mudassar Nazar	0	1	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	25 May 1987
9	Rameez Raja	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	08 Jan 1989
10	JG Wright	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
11	RS Mahanama	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	05 Sep 1992
12	Rameez Raja	0	1	1	Pak	Win	Cape Town	25 Feb 1993
13	A Flower	0	1	1	Zim	Pak	Karachi	24 Dec 1993
14	RS Mahanama	0	1	1	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	08 Dec 1994
15	AP Gurusinha	0	1	1	Srl	Ban	Sharjah	06 Apr 1995
16	Shahid Afridi	0	1	1	Pak	Zim	Peshawar	03 Nov 1996
17	SC Ganguly	0	1	1	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	17 May 1997
18	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997
19	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	RSA	East London	24 Jan 1999
20	RD Jacobs	0	1	1	Win	Ind	Singapore	05 Sep 1999
21	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Taupo	04 Jan 2000
22	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Napier	06 Jan 2000
23	AC Parore	0	1	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	17 Feb 2001
24	Saeed Anwar	0	1	1	Pak	NZl	Napier	20 Feb 2001
25	CJ Nevin	0	1	1	NZl	Srl	Sharjah	17 Apr 2001
26	ME Trescothick	0	1	1	Eng	Pak	Leeds	17 Jun 2001
27	MS Sinclair	0	1	1	NZl	Ind	Col-RPS	20 Jul 2001
28	V Sehwag	0	1	1	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	01 Aug 2001
29	DD Ebrahim	0	1	1	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	08 Dec 2001
30	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	RSA	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002
31	HH Gibbs	0	1	1	RSA	NZl	Brisbane	19 Jan 2002
32	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne-CS	15 Jun 2002
33	SC Ganguly	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Ch-le-St	04 Jul 2002
34	HH Gibbs	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Tangier	18 Aug 2002
35	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	30 Sep 2002
36	Hannan Sarkar	0	1	1	Ban	Srl	Pietermaritzburg	14 Feb 2003
37	Imran Nazir	0	1	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	20 Jun 2003
38	Yasir Hameed	0	1	1	Pak	Zim	Multan	30 Sep 2004
39	S Matsikenyeri	0	1	1	Zim	Ban	Chittagong	24 Jan 2005
40	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	RSA	Brisbane	15 Jan 2006
41	KO Otieno	0	1	1	Ken	Ban	Nairobi-G	15 Aug 2006
42	ME Trescothick	0	1	1	Eng	Pak	Southampton	05 Sep 2006
43	MJ Clarke	0	1	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai	17 Oct 2007
44	DJ Reekers	0	1	1	Net	Sco	Dublin	29 Jul 2008
45	Mohammad Iqbal	0	1	1	Can	Win	King City-NW	24 Aug 2008
46	Tamim Iqbal	0	1	1	Ban	Aus	Darwin	03 Sep 2008
47	Salman Butt	0	1	1	Pak	Win	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2008
48	SR Waters	0	1	1	Ken	Zim	Nairobi-G	31 Jan 2009
49	Tamim Iqbal	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Roseau	26 Jul 2009
50	KOA Powell	0	1	1	Win	Ban	Basseterre	31 Jul 2009
51	Nasir Jamshed	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Dambulla	01 Aug 2009
52	Kamran Akmal	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	09 Aug 2009
53	SR Watson	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Johannesburg	26 Sep 2009
54	WU Tharanga	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Delhi	27 Dec 2009
55	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	09 Feb 2010
56	WU Tharanga	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	16 Aug 2010
57	Karim Sadiq	0	1	1	Afg	Sco	Ayr	17 Aug 2010
58	BRM Taylor	0	1	1	Zim	Can	Nagpur	28 Feb 2011
59	HM Amla	0	1	1	RSA	Aus	Port Elizabeth	23 Oct 2011
60	WTS Porterfield	0	1	1	Ire	Aus	Belfast	23 Jun 2012
61	SR Watson	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	10 Feb 2013
62	HM Amla	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Durban	21 Mar 2013
63	MDKJ Perera	0	1	1	Srl	NZl	Cardiff	09 Jun 2013
64	AJ Finch	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	14 Sep 2013
65	FDM Karunaratne	0	1	1	Srl	NZl	Hambantota	10 Nov 2013
66	AJ Finch	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Sharjah	07 Oct 2014
67	IR Bell	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	16 Jan 2015
68	MJ Guptill	0	1	1	NZl	Srl	Dunedin	23 Jan 2015
69	JJ Roy	0	1	1	Eng	NZl	Birmingham	09 Jun 2015
70	MDKJ Perera	1	1	1	Srl	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2016
71	Azhar Ali	0	1	1	Pak	Win	Sharjah	30 Sep 2016
72	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Sco	Harare	21 Mar 2018

It also provides the eighth occasion of a West Indian batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997
2	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	RSA	East London	24 Jan 1999
3	RD Jacobs	0	1	1	Win	Ind	Singapore	05 Sep 1999
4	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Taupo	04 Jan 2000
5	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Napier	06 Jan 2000
6	KOA Powell	0	1	1	Win	Ban	Basseterre	31 Jul 2009
7	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	09 Feb 2010
8	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Sco	Harare	21 Mar 2018

It also provides the third occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match against Scotland in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DJ Reekers	0	1	1	Net	Sco	Dublin	29 Jul 2008
2	Karim Sadiq	0	1	1	Afg	Sco	Ayr	17 Aug 2010
3	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Sco	Harare	21 Mar 2018

CH Gayle became the 16^th batsman in the  history of one day game s to be dismissed by the  first ball of the match on  two or  more occasions. AC Gilchrist of Australia holds the record  in this category of statistics with three such dismissals. All such occasions are listed below.

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	RSA	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002
	2	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne-CS	15 Jun 2002
	3	AC Gilchrist	0	1	1	Aus	RSA	Brisbane	15 Jan 2006
2	1	AJ Finch	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	14 Sep 2013
	2	AJ Finch	0	1	1	Aus	Pak	Sharjah	07 Oct 2014
3	1	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	09 Feb 2010
	2	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Sco	Harare	21 Mar 2018
4	1	HH Gibbs	0	1	1	RSA	NZl	Brisbane	19 Jan 2002
	2	HH Gibbs	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Tangier	18 Aug 2002
5	1	HM Amla	0	1	1	RSA	Aus	Port Elizabeth	23 Oct 2011
	2	HM Amla	0	1	1	RSA	Pak	Durban	21 Mar 2013
6	1	JG Wright	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Wellington	20 Feb 1982
	2	JG Wright	0	1	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	22 Feb 1992
7	1	MDKJ Perera	0	1	1	Srl	NZl	Cardiff	09 Jun 2013
	2	MDKJ Perera	1	1	1	Srl	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2016
8	1	ME Trescothick	0	1	1	Eng	Pak	Leeds	17 Jun 2001
	2	ME Trescothick	0	1	1	Eng	Pak	Southampton	05 Sep 2006
9	1	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997
	2	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	RSA	East London	24 Jan 1999
10	1	Rameez Raja	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Brisbane	08 Jan 1989
	2	Rameez Raja	0	1	1	Pak	Win	Cape Town	25 Feb 1993
11	1	RS Mahanama	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	05 Sep 1992
	2	RS Mahanama	0	1	1	Srl	NZl	Bloemfontein	08 Dec 1994
12	1	SC Ganguly	0	1	1	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	17 May 1997
	2	SC Ganguly	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Ch-le-St	04 Jul 2002
13	1	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Taupo	04 Jan 2000
	2	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Napier	06 Jan 2000
14	1	SR Watson	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Johannesburg	26 Sep 2009
	2	SR Watson	0	1	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	10 Feb 2013
15	1	Tamim Iqbal	0	1	1	Ban	Aus	Darwin	03 Sep 2008
	2	Tamim Iqbal	0	1	1	Ban	Win	Roseau	26 Jul 2009
16	1	WU Tharanga	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Delhi	27 Dec 2009
	2	WU Tharanga	0	1	1	Srl	Ind	Dambulla	16 Aug 2010

CH Gayle became the third West Indian batsman in the history of one-day games to be dismissed by the first ball of the match on  two occasions. Others are PA Wallace and SL Campbell. All such occasions are listed below.

No	No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	09 Feb 2010
	2	CH Gayle	0	1	1	Win	Sco	Harare	21 Mar 2018
2	1	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Sharjah	13 Dec 1997
	2	PA Wallace	0	1	1	Win	RSA	East London	24 Jan 1999
3	1	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Taupo	04 Jan 2000
	2	SL Campbell	0	1	1	Win	NZl	Napier	06 Jan 2000