List of Chris Gayle's 15 centuries in T20 cricket
In 12 years of T20 cricket, there has been none like Chris Gayle. He is the ultimate champion of T20 cricket when it comes to hit sixes, score huge runs and demolish the bowlers. He is playing T20 cricket for past 10 years but has been unstoppable in any part of the world since 2011. He did score a century in the first ever World T20 match against the likes of Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini but wasn’t much consistent later. He wasn’t bought in the 2011 IPL auctions!
Gayle’s impact can be seen from the fact that out of 7709 runs he has scored in 207 innings in his T20 career, 6019 runs have come since IPL 2011 in 151 innings. He has scored 15 centuries in T20 cricket and 14 of those have come in the last four years.
Chris Gayle made his debut in the Natwest T20 Blast, the domestic T20 tournament in England, in this season for Somerset and he has already started in the fifth gear. His scores in the first two matches are: 92 and 151*. The century (151*) against Kent on May 31, 2015 is his 15th in T20 cricket. And it is to be known that the next batsmen with most T20 hundreds is Brendon McCullum with just 6 100s. Chris Gayle is above all.
Here’s the list all of the 15 centuries of Gayle in T20 cricket:
|
Runs |
Balls to 100 |
Fours |
Sixes |
Inn |
Match |
Match |
Date |
Result |
|
117 (57) |
50 |
7 |
10 |
1 |
West Indies |
South Africa |
11-Sep-07 |
Lost |
|
102* (55) |
55 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
22-Apr-11 |
Won |
|
107 (49) |
46 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Kings XI Punjab |
06-May-11 |
Won |
|
109* (59) |
58 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
Matabeleland Tuskers |
Mid West Rhinos |
29-Nov-11 |
Lost |
|
100* (54) |
53 |
3 |
11 |
2 |
Sydney Thunder |
Adelaide Strikers |
23-Dec-11 |
Won |
|
101* (44) |
44 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
Barisal Burners |
Sylhet Royals |
10-Feb-12 |
Won |
|
116 (61) |
53 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
Barisal Burners |
Dhaka Gladiators |
14-Feb-12 |
Lost |
|
128* (62) |
53 |
7 |
13 |
1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Delhi Daredevils |
17-May-12 |
Won |
|
122* (61) |
56 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
Jamaica |
Guyana |
19-Jan-13 |
Lost |
|
114 (51) |
46 |
5 |
12 |
1 |
Dhaka Gladiators |
Sylhet Royals |
15-Feb-13 |
Won |
|
175* (66) |
30 |
13 |
17 |
1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Pune Warriors |
23-Apr-13 |
Won |
|
111* (63) |
60 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
Jamaica Tallawahs |
St Lucia Zouks |
12-Jul-14 |
Won |
|
108* (55) |
51 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
Lions |
Warriors |
07-Nov-14 |
Won |
|
117 (57) |
46 |
7 |
12 |
1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
Kings XI Punjab |
06-May-15 |
Won |
|
151* (62) |
45 |
10 |
15 |
2 |
Somerset |
Kent |
31-May-15 |
Lost |
# Chris Gayle hits approximately 11 sixes and less than 8 fours when he scores a T20 century.
# Chris Gayle takes on an average 49 balls to score a T20 century.
# Chris Gayle’s average strike rate in a T20 century is 207.71.
# Chris Gayle hits a T20 century every 14th match (Since IPL 2011, every 11th match).
Chris Gayle’s T20 100s for various teams
|
Team |
100s |
|
Barisal Burners |
2 |
|
Dhaka Gladiators |
1 |
|
Jamiaca |
1 |
|
Jamiaca Tallawahs |
1 |
|
Lions |
1 |
|
Matabeleland Tuskers |
1 |
|
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
5 |
|
Somerset |
1 |
|
Sydney Thunder |
1 |
|
West Indies |
1 |
Chris Gayle’s T20 100s in various leagues across the world
|
League |
Country |
100s |
|
Bangladesh Premier League |
Bangladesh |
3 |
|
Carribean Premier League |
West Indies |
1 |
|
Carribean T20 |
West Indies |
1 |
|
Indian Premier League |
India |
5 |
|
KFC Big Bash League |
Australia |
1 |
|
Natwest T20 Blast |
England |
1 |
|
Ram Slam T20 Challenge |
South Africa |
1 |
|
Stanbic Bank Twenty20 |
Zimbabwe |
1 |
|
World T20 |
South Africa |
1 |
# Chris Gayle has hit T20 centuries for 10 teams in nine different T20 leagues in seven different countries.
# Since IPL 2011, Chris Gayle has scored a T20 century for each team he has played for except Western Australia in KFC Big Bash League.
# Chris Gayle has hit three centuries each at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and Mirpur and a century each at nine different venues.
# Apart from 15 100s, Gayle has seven scores in the nineties and 11 scores in 80s.
No doubts Gayle has been the best entertainer in T20s across the Cricket World and he continues to be. Let’s hope he does the same till he retires.