A Look At What All Chris Gayle Can Do In IPL 2020
Universe Boss Chris Gayle just celebrated his birthday on October 18. The six-machine may have turned 41, but there is no doubt in the minds of Chris Gayle’s fans about his performance. They are considering how long will his sixes go this IPL season. Check out IPL highlights about Chris Gayle in this piece.
The mighty Gayle is back
Gayle wasn’t able to play matches from the beginning as he was down with food poisoning as per the IPL news. Kings XI Punjab official had confirmed the same and Chris Gayle had even put a tweet confirming it. Gayle returned over the last week and has already made useful contributions in IPL 2020 for Kings XI Punjab. He scored an impressive fifty against Bangalore and made the difference in the 2nd Super Over against Mumbai.
It is no surprise that all eyes are now on Gayle and on how he’ll perform in the rest of the IPL. Let us analyse his numbers against Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians.
Chris Gayle’s numbers against Delhi
Chris Gayle has done very well against Delhi in IPL matches. He has till date in 14 games scored 450 runs at the strike rate of 154.11. He has hit 34 sixes and 36 fours.
Arguably, Gayle is the 11th-highest run-scorer against Delhi. He has made a century and two fifties against Delhi.
Chris Gayle’s numbers against Mumbai
Chris Gayle is the highest run-scorer against MI from KXIP team. He has scored 640 runs in 17 matches with a strike-rate of 135. He has also hit the most number of sixes against MI.
Numerically, he has hit 40 sixes and 56 fours against Mumbai alone. Gayle’s highest score against Mumbai is 93* that came in IPL 2013.
Another interesting data shows that Gayle is yet to be dismissed by Mumbai’s pacers. Until now, against the dangerous Jasprit Bumrah, Gayle has managed to score 30 runs off 40 balls. Gayle’s last four innings against MI, i.e., 50, 18, 40, and 63 shimmers a ray of hope for KXIP.
Gayle in IPL matches
Chris Gayle is the eighth-highest run-scorer in IPL. He also has to his name the most number of IPL tons—6. In 127 matches he has played in IPL, he has managed to score 4,561 runs at an impressive average of 41.09. He also has registered 29 fifties with the help of 370 fours and 333 sixes. He has played at a strike rate of 150.28.
Chris Gayle in IPL 2020 so far
Even after bringing Chris Gayle on board, KXIP has continued to open with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. Gayle has always performed effectively at the top.
In this IPL season, postponed because of COVID-19, Chris Gayle has played just two games. He has scored 77 runs until now. But there is so much more of him to see for us in the rest of the matches.
IPL 2020 Records Chris Gayle can break in 2020 season
The just-turned-41 Chris Gayle is all set to take IPL 2020 with both his hands. He has been one of the top performers in IPL over the years. He can script many records in IPL 2020. Let us have a look.
The former RCB batsman has played 11 IPL seasons so far. He has made 4,484 runs in 125 matches he played before IPL 2020. He holds the record for both highest individual score—175*—and most tons—6. In the last IPL season, he achieved the feat of being the fastest to 4,000 IPL runs. He also has had two Orange Caps in the past.
Now let us look at some records he can make in IPL 2020:
#1 Become the fastest to 5,000 IPL runs
Gayle needs 516 more runs in IPL 2020 to get to the mark of 5,000 IPL runs. Also in the run-chase, are David Warner—4,706, and Shikhar Dhawan—4,579. It remains to be seen who becomes the fastest to score 5,000 runs in IPL.
#2 Score 400 4s
Gayle holds a record of hitting 368 fours. He needs 32 more 4s to reach the 400 mark. Note that eight batsmen have already achieved this feat.
#3 Hit 350 6s
Chris Gayle holds the record of the highest number of 6s in IPL—326. He needs 24 more sixes to become the first batsman to achieve the 350 6s mark.
#4, Face 3,000 deliveries in IPL
This one’s easy. Gayle needs to face 31 more deliveries to get this record to his name.
