IPL Records, Chris Gayle: IPL 2023 will start from 31st March, Friday. This time the 16th season of IPL will be played. In every edition of the tournament, a different enthusiasm is seen inside the fans. This time also the fans are looking very excited about the Indian Premier League. Before the 16th season, we are going to tell you about such a special record of the tournament, which is recorded in the name of veteran batsman Chris Gayle. Gayle has taken more than 20 runs in an over for the most number of times in the history of IPL.
There is no batsman around Gayle
So far in the history of IPL, Chris has scored 20 plus runs in an over 27 times. At the same time, Kieron Pollard has done this feat a total of 13 times in the tournament. That is, Pollard has done this less than half the times than Gayle. In this list, Andre Russell is included in this list with 10 times, AB de Villiers with 09 times, Rohit Sharma with 08 times and former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 8 times.
Batsmen with most 20+ runs in 1 over in IPL
- Chris Gayle – 27 times.
- Kieron Pollard – 13 times.
- Andre Russell – 10 times.
- AB de Villiers – 09 times.
- Rohit Sharma – 08 times.
- MS Dhoni – 08 times.
Chris Gayle’s IPL career was like this
Chris Gayle, who made his IPL debut in May 2008, has played a total of 142 matches in his IPL career. Batting in 141 innings of these matches, he scored 4965 runs at an average of 39.79 and a strike rate of 148.96. In this, he has scored a total of 6 centuries and 31 half-centuries. At the same time, his high score has been 175 runs. Which is the best score made by any player in IPL.
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