Tuesday, April 23, 2013

IPL 6 Gayle Records Fastest Century In T20 Hhistory

IPL 6: Gayle records fastest century in T20 history

Chennai trumped Rajasthan who had a high scoring game with impressive performance by Shane Watson who scored a ton. However, Hussey and Raina both came together after the team stumbled initially with Murali Vijay's dismissal. Match winner Michael Hussey was give the Man of the match after his instrumental innings scoring 88 runs.

Chennai vs Rajasthan, 30th Match, Chennai

Chennai: 186/5 (19.5 Ovs)
Rajasthan: 185/4 (20.0 Ovs)
Chennai won by 5 wkts
Pune warriors are only fighting a losing game for honor after Chris Gayle mercilessly thrashed every bowler left right and straight. 17 sixes in an innings, 30 balls for a century, and highest score for an individual in T20 were all laurels Gayle earned at the homeground with his breathtaking performance with the willow scoring 175 of just 66 balls. He is also the orange cap with over 400 runs to his name, while others trail by at least 100 runs. Pune on the other hand have given up all hope losing wickets in rapid succession.

Bangalore vs Pune, 31st Match, Bengaluru

Pune: 139/9(20.0 Ovs)
Bangalore: 263/5 (20.0 Ovs)
Pune need 222 runs in 86 balls
(AW- Anil)

Gayle's record fastest ton, Bangalore's biggest win

Chris Gayle Creates Records

#Royal Challengers Bangalore's 130-run triumph over Pune Warriors India is their biggest in terms of runs at the IPL 

# Bangalore (263/5) have recorded the highest total in the IPL history, eclipsing the 246 for 5


# Bangalore became the first team to register 200 runs through boundaries in an innings in T20s - 210 runs (21 fours and 21 sixes)

# Bangalore reached 100 runs in 7.5 overs - the quickest by a team in the history of the IPL.

# Chris Gayle's unbeaten 175 is the highest individual innings in Twenty20, surpassing Brendon McCullum's 158 not out for Kolkata against Bangalore at Bangalore on April 18, 2008.

# Gayle's tally of 17 sixes in an innings is a record in any format.

# Gayle is the first batsman to register four hundreds at the IPL.  His tally of eleven hundreds is a record in Twenty20.  No other batsman has even recorded six hundreds.  The second place is shared by two batsmen - five each by Brendon McCullum and David Warner.

# Gayle's tally of 163 sixes is an IPL record.  Also his overall tally of 383 sixes is a record in Twenty20.

# Gayle is averaging 55.90 while managing 2236 runs in 51 matches. No other batsman has recorded even an average of 46.00 at the IPL.

# Gayle has become the first batsman to register 150-plus runs in boundaries in an innings.  His tally of 154 runs through boundaries (13 fours and 17 sixes) is a record in Twenty20.

# Gayle's 30-ball hundred is the quickest in the history of Twenty20, outstripping the 34-ball hundred by Andrew Symonds during his innings of 112 off  43 balls for Kent vs  Middlesex at Maidstone on July 2, 2004.

# Gayle had reached his fifty off 17 balls, emulating Adam Gilchrist's IPL record.

#  Chris Gayle and Dilshan were involved in a stand of 167 - Bangalore's highest opening partnership at the IPL - their second highest for any wicket next only to the 204 (unbroken) for the second wicket between Gayle and Kohli against Delhi at Delhi on May 17, 2012.

# The 167-run stand is the highest opening stand in the history of the IPL, surpassing the 163 (unbroken) between Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith for Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on May 20, 2012.

# Gayle is the first batsman to manage 400 runs in the IPL 6 -432 at an average of 108.00 in eight innings.

# Gayle (175 not out plus 2/5) is the first all-rounder to post a hundred and capture two wickets or more in an IPL game twice.  No other all-round could do so even once.  Gayle had first recorded the feat against Punjab at Bangalore on May 6, 2011 - 107 and 3/21.

# Gayle has been adjudged the Man of the Match 29 times - a record.  His tally of 15 MOM awards at the IPL is a record.

# Gayle is the third player after Amit Mishra and Michael Hussey to have received three MOM awards each at the IPL 6.

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