West Indies crush England as CH Gayle explodes – few records for the master batsman
15th Match, Super 10 Group 1: England v West Indies at Mumbai – Mar 16, 2016 – England 182/6 (20/20 ov); West Indies 183/4 (18.1/20 ov) – West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
It was CH Gayle all the way in this game. He scored 100 not out while his opening partner J Charles scored a duck to provide the fourth occasion of an opener scoring a duck and another scoring a fifty in WT20. All such occasions are listed below
| No | No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 1 | CH Gayle | 0 | 1 | Win | Ban | Johannesburg | 13 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | DS Smith | 51 | 1 | Win | Ban | Johannesburg | 13 Sep 2007 | |
| 2 | 1 | SR Watson | 0 | 1 | Aus | Win | The Oval | 06 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | DA Warner | 63 | 1 | Aus | Win | The Oval | 06 Jun 2009 | |
| 3 | 1 | XM Marshall | 0 | 2 | Win | Srl | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 63* | 2 | Win | Srl | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 | |
| 4 | 1 | J Charles | 0 | 2 | Win | Eng | Mumbai | 16 Mar 2016 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 100* | 2 | Win | Eng | Mumbai | 16 Mar 2016 |
J Charles duck and CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the first ever occasion of an opener scoring a duck and another scoring a hundred in WT20.
CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in his knock of 100 not out in this game. His first boundary six gave him his 50th boundary six in WT20. At the end of this game his aggregate of boundary sixes read 60.
CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in his knock of 100 not out in this game. His third boundary six gave him his 90th boundary six in T20I. At the end of this game his aggregate of boundary sixes read 98. He became the second batsman to total 90 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is after BB McCullum. BB McCullum has an aggregate of 91 boundary sixes to his credit.
CH Gayle’s 100 came in 47 deliveries and represents the fastest century in WT20. The previous fastest hundred was also in the name of CH Gayle who had scored the century in 50 balls against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07. The fastest centuries scored under less than 50 balls in T20I are listed below
| No | Player | Balls | Match | Venue | Date |
| 1 | RE Levi | 45 | South Africa v New Zealand | Hamilton | 19/02/2012 |
| 2 | F du Plessis | 46 | West Indies v South Africa | Johannesburg | 11/01/2015 |
| 3 | AJ Finch | 47 | Australia v England | Southampton | 29/08/2013 |
| 4 | CH Gayle | 47 | West Indies v England | Mumbai | 16/03/2016 |
| 5 | CH Gayle | 50 | West Indies v South Africa | Johannesburg | 11/09/2007 |
| 6 | BB McCullum | 50 | New Zealand v Australia | Christchurch | 28/02/2010 |
| 7 | Babar Hayat | 50 | Hong Kong v Oman | Fatullah | 19/02/2016 |
CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring a century in WT20. All the eight occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 117 | West Indies | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 11 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | SK Raina | 101 | India | v South Africa | Gros Islet | 02 May 2010 |
| 3 | M Jayawardene | 100 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Providence | 03 May 2010 |
| 4 | BB McCullum | 123 | New Zealand | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | 21 Sep 2012 |
| 5 | AD Hales | 116* | England | v Sri Lanka | Chittagong | 27 Mar 2014 |
| 6 | Ahmed Shehzad | 111* | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 30 Mar 2014 |
| 7 | Tamim Iqbal | 103* | Bangladesh | v Oman | Dharamsala | 13 Mar 2016 |
| 8 | CH Gayle | 100* | West Indies | v England | Mumbai | 16 Mar 2016 |
CH Gayle’s 100 not out in this game provide the second occasion of his scoring a century in WT20. Both occasions are listed below. He is the only batsman in WT20 to score two centuries.
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | CH Gayle | 117 | West Indies | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 11 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | CH Gayle | 100* | West Indies | v England | Mumbai | 16 Mar 2016 |
CH Gayle’s run aggregate in WT20 read 907 at the end of this game. He became the second batsman in WT20 to total 900 plus runs. DPMD Jayawardene has an aggregate of 1016 runs.
CH Gayle scored eleven boundary sixes in this game. He now owns the record for most boundary sixes in an innings in a WT20 game. The previous record was ten boundary sixes and was credited to CH Gayle himself. He had scored ten boundary sixes during his knock of 117 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 11.09.07. CH Gayle remains the only batsman to score ten or more sixes in two separate innings in WT20.
CH Gayle completed 1500 runs in T20Is when he was on 94 during his knock of 100 not out in this game. At the end of this game, his run aggregate in T20Is read 1506. He became the eighth batsman in the history of T20Is to total 1500 plus runs. The following table lists all the eight batsmen
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | C | HC | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | BB McCullum | NZl | 71 | 70 | 10 | 2140 | 123 | 35.66 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 199 | 91 |
| 2 | TM Dilshan | Srl | 74 | 73 | 11 | 1751 | 104* | 28.24 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 209 | 28 |
| 3 | MJ Guptill | NZl | 58 | 56 | 7 | 1672 | 101* | 34.12 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 154 | 69 |
| 4 | Umar Akmal | Pak | 76 | 73 | 13 | 1611 | 94 | 26.85 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 118 | 53 |
| 5 | Mohd Hafeez | Pak | 76 | 74 | 3 | 1609 | 86 | 22.66 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 175 | 39 |
| 6 | DA Warner | Aus | 57 | 57 | 3 | 1595 | 90* | 29.53 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 151 | 73 |
| 7 | JP Duminy | RSA | 68 | 62 | 19 | 1571 | 96* | 36.53 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 117 | 52 |
| 8 | CH Gayle | Win | 46 | 44 | 4 | 1506 | 117 | 37.65 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 127 | 98 |
CH Gayle has scored nine fifties in WT20 which includes two centuries. He holds the records for most fifties in WT20. His two centuries and seven fifties are also the records foe most centuries and most fifties in WT20.
BA Stokes returned with figures of none for 42 in this game to provide the 51st occasion of a bowler leaking 40 plus runs without capturing a wicket in WT20 and also provides the sixth such occasion by an England bowler. It also provides the third occasion of a bowler conceding 40 plus runs without a wicket in WT20. Other occasions are – none for 54 by SL Malinga of Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 07.10.12 and none for 41 by Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan at Dhaka on 01.04.14.