Christopher Henry Gayle wrecked havoc on the English bowling to win the Super 10 opener for West Indies in Mumbai, single handedly. The flamboyant batsman became the first batsman to score two centuries at the World T20. The batsman hit a total of 11 sixes and 4 boundaries to complete the fastest World T20 century in 47 balls.
After losing the toss, England were put into bat on the flat deck at Wankhede . Roy and Hales got them off to a solid start before Root stepped in and stroked a wonderful 48. Once Root laid the platform for the middle-order batsmen, Buttler and Morgan with their pyrotechnics made their presence felt. Stokes,too, played a little blinder there. With England cruising at one stage, 200 looked certain on the cards, West Indies bowlers did well to pull things back towards the end restricting them to 182.
West Indies started the chase carefully. Gayle took his time early, rather he was denied the strike by a rampaging Marlon Samuels. But then when he perished, Gayle began opening his shoulders. Once he did, England didn’t have too many answers. From there on there was no looking back as he rampaged every corner of the ground with his towering and muscular sixes. The sheer brutality of the carnage was a sight to behold. England were ragged to death. In this process, he trumped McCullum to become the leading six-hitter in T20Is
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See how the twitter world reacted as Gayle’s century downed the Englishmen.
Fairly sure Barcelona are going to do something rather similar to Arsenal tonight. #Gayle
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 16, 2016
A second T20I hundred for Chris Gayle, and the fastest in World T20s https://t.co/inXyFfMdWq #WT20 #ENGvWI
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) March 16, 2016
BOOM! Gayle 100* off 47 balls.
Astonishing batting. #GayleForce@henrygayle pic.twitter.com/Gu2V5Pb6Oa— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/710153894899355650
https://twitter.com/pavilionopinion/status/710153875219726336
Chris Gayle hits a century from just 47 balls against England! 🔥🔥🔥
— SPORTbible (@sportbible) March 16, 2016
3 things I'd rather do than bowl at Gayle:
1) Stand on a plug barefoot
2) Have dinner with Miley Cyrus
3) Get run over #nothanks 🙅🏽— Kate Cross (@katecross16) March 16, 2016
Gayle's just broken the T20 world record for most 6s in one innings: 11. (so far). Don't blush baby.#T20WorldCup
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 16, 2016
Chris Gayle has brought this #WorldT20 alive. Quite something else!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 16, 2016
Go.. Going.. Gone.. Gayle..
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/710150042041114624
Box office, superstar 36-yr-old trouble-maker on the rampage in #T20WorldCup.
Meanwhile, our version is at home playing golf. @KP24 #gayle— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 16, 2016
Gayle – the Bradman of T20. #GOAT
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 16, 2016
Most career 6s in T20Is
92* C Gayle (44 inns)
91 B McCullum (70)
79 S Watson (52)
73 D Warner (57)
70 S Afridi (87)#WT20#EngvWI— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 16, 2016
The thing about Chris Gayle is that his smaller six goes into the upper pavilion and his bigger ones almost go to the Arabian sea. #ENGvWI
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) March 16, 2016
If there is a second fav team for most Indians it must be the West Indies! Cricket with a smile!😄 #ENGvWI
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 16, 2016
1975: first test at Wankhede: Clive Lloyd 242; now Gayle. Times change, power cricket doesn't. #ENGvWI
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/710155449400762369
#Gayle Is Taking It Up As Warm-up Match For #IPL. #ENGvWI
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) March 16, 2016
This hashtag #ENGvWI is wrong, it should be #ENGvGayle
— Swami (@mohitraj) March 16, 2016
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My England semi final prediction right now (@AyrtekCricket) pic.twitter.com/KSneTITCWm
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 16, 2016
