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Here are a few things any Chris Gayle fan should mandatorily be aware about: • His full name is Christopher Henry Gayle. • He was born on 21st September 1979. • He is a native of Jamaica. • Gayle had a heart problem earlier on. As a youth, when he toured India, he was forced to retire due to irregular heartbeat. • He is a left handed batsman and an off – break bowler. • He is widely famous as the first man to score a century, ever, in a twenty twenty international series. His acclaimed hundred came of fifty one balls and was inclusive of nine ‘sixes’ and five ‘fours’. • He plays cricket for his Jamaican domestic team; West Indies cricket team; and also represents Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League, Barisal Burners in the Bangladesh Premier League and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He sure keeps himself busy throughout the year. • Besides these he also had a stint in the Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012, playing with the team ‘Uva Next’. • Chris Gayle’s cricket career took off with Lucas Cricket Club in Kingston, Jamaica. • He was such an important part of that club that they named their nursery after Gayle, as an honor. • Chris Gayle profile is replete with a number of records and plaudits. He is one of the four players in history to have scored two triple centuries at Test level. He achieved this feat when he scored three hundred and seventeen runs against South Africa in 2005 and three hundred and thirty three runs against Sri Lanka in 2010. • He made his first class debut of Jamaica at the age of nineteen. • His first opening partnership success was recorded in 2001 when he teamed up with Daren Ganga to rake in a tally of two hundred and fourteen against Zimbabwe. • He is considered as one of the only six players to garner three or more scores of 150 at the One Day Internationals. • During the 2011 edition of the Indian Premier League, Chris Gayle amassed a total of six hundred and eight runs during the length of the season, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. This along with the eight wickets that he picked up earned him the Golden Player of the Tournament award. • It was during his time with Royal Challengers that he was adjudged the ‘Man of the Match’ the most number of times, with a record of six to his credit.
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