CH Gayle’s unique distinction – became the first batsman to score 600 boundary four and 600 boundary sixes in the history of T20 games
CH Gayle earned a unique record in the history of Twenty20 games. He needs two more boundary sixes to have an aggregate of 600 boundary sixes prior the start of the game between Brisbane Heats and Melbourne Renegades which was slated for today in the Big Bash League in Australia. He has scored 598 boundary sixes prior to the start of the game. He scored two boundary sixes in his knock of 23 in today’s game and became the first batsman ever in the history of T20 games to score 600 boundary sixes.
His second boundary six of the game with which CH Gayle earned the landmark of 600 boundary sixes in T20 games has the following description on espncrifinfo.com
2.6 – Fekete to Gayle, SIX, back of a length, doesn’t get high enough, ends up sitting up for Gayle who smashes it over mid-on for a massive six. Not a bad ball, but with a bunch of previous deliveries at that length, Gayle was anticipating that
With the land mark of 600 boundary sixes, he also achieved another landmark in the history of T20 games. Having already scored 653 boundary fours in Twenty20 games, CH Gayle became the only batsman in the history of Twenty20 games to score 600 boundary fours and six hundred boundary sixes. An unique deserving record for the great batsman that the Cricket World has seen His career figure is produced below
His run aggregate of 8363 run, his highest score of 175 not out, his 16 total number of hundreds, His 53 half centuries and his total of 69 fifties represent the individual record in the history of Twenty20 games in each of the statistical parameters
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| CH Gayle | 227 | 223 | 33 | 8386 | 175* | 44.13 | 16 | 53 | 10 | 653 | 600 |
He has represented the following teams in Twenty20 games in the tournament played all over the world – Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica, Jamaica Tallawahs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lions, Matabeleland Tuskers, PCA Masters XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Stanford Superstars, Sydney Thunder, West Indians, West Indies, Western Australia and Melbourne Renegades