CH Gayle’s aggregate of boundary fours at the end of this game stood at 302 in T20 games. He also hit six boundary sixes to take his tally of sixes to 259. He has now a unique record in the history of T20 games. He became first batsman in the history of T20 games to score 300 boundary fours and 250 sixes.

 

CH Gayle required three more boundary fours for his 300 boundary fours in T20 games prior to the start of this game. At the end of this game, his boundary fours aggregate in T20 games read 302. He became the eleventh batsman to score 300 boundary fours in T20 games.

 

CH Gayle had scored 31 fifties in T20 games and held the record jointly with BJ Hodge for most fifties   in T20 games prior to the start of this game. His 82 not out in this game represents his 32^nd fifty. He now owns the record for most fifties in T20 games

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent his 25^th half century. He became the third batsman to score 25 or more half centuries, after BJ Hodge {29} and DJ Hussey {25}

 

CH Gayle and BJ Hodge with 18 Man of the match awards shared the record for most MoM awards in T20 games prior to the start of this game. .His MoM in this game gave him the distinction of most Man of the Match awards in T20 games

 

CH Gayle’s 82 not out in this game represent his sixth fifty in IPL 2012 He became the third batsman to score six fifties in a single edition of IPL. Others are – SE Marsh of Punjab in 2008 and JH Kallis of Bangalore in 2009