Gayle 12 ball fifty to equal world record of Yuvraj Singh – essentiallysports.com

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle smashed fifty from 12 balls.The Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League on Monday to match. India’s Yuvraj Singh’s record for the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket.

Gayle 12 ball fifty:

Left-hander Yuvraj achieved the feat against England at the inaugural World Twenty 20 in 2007 in South Africa,smashing fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in one over.

Opening batsman Gayle plundered 21-year-old Adelaide Strikers bowler Greg West playing his second T20 match.

His seventh maximum took Gayle past his half-century as he deposited spinner Travis Head over the long-on boundary.

Head dismissed him five deliveries later for 17-ball 56 with Gayle caught by wicketkeeper Ludeman.

(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Ed Osmond)