Chris Gayle smashed record-equalling 16 sixes in his knock which came off 138 balls, beating the previous-best held by Virender Sehwag (140 balls).
Chris Gayle smashed his way into the record books with a devastating knock of 202 off 138 balls vs Zimbabwe in a Pool B World Cup 2015 fixture on Tuesday. This is the fastest double century in One-Day Internationals, beating Virender Sehwag’s knock off 140 balls. (Complete World Cup 2015 coverage | History | Schedule | Stats)
Gayle became the fourth batsman – after Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag and Rohit Sharma – to score a double century in the history of ODIs.
Gayle’s knock included 9 fours and 16 sixes. This is Gayle’s first three-figures score since June 2013.
After a prolonged lean patch with the bat, Gayle recaptured his menacing form as he sent the Zimbabwean bowlers on a leather hunt. During the course of this knock, Gayle also brought up 9,000 ODI runs.
Gayle had recently come in for a lot of criticism for his inability to score big runs. Even the West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron had created a furore by retweeting a fan who had criticised Gayle’s poor form on twitter.
