Chris Gayle is a West Indies cricketer and a former captain, he has captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket, Gayle has set and tumbled numerous records across all three formats of cricket.
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As compared to his lavish life style today and with what he has been able to achieve, this was not how his life was when he was a child. The fifth child out of six, Gayle’s father was a policeman and his mother sold nibbles in their neighbourhood. Though they were never poor, the Gayle family was far from well-off.
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Cricket was in Gayle’s blood. His grandfather had played club cricket, and passed on his passion to the young Chris.
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The laidback attitude is not a recent development; Gayle had always been rather lethargic. So much so that as a teenager he was called “crampy”, which means someone who is incredibly lazy.
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At an age of 19 years, Gayle made his First-Class debut in 1998/99 for Jamaica. In the same year, he made his List-A debut as well. Prior to playing First-Class cricket he had represented West Indies at youth international level as well.
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The dashing West Indian southpaw made his ODI make a big appearance against India in 1999 while his Test make a big appearance came against Zimbabwe in 2000. In any case, it was not significant for him as in his first ODI he scored just 1 run while in his Test make a big appearance he could score just 33 runs.
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It was in 2002 when his fortunes changed completely as he accumulated big runs with the bat. In 2002, he compiled 2,013 runs in international cricket which included 4 centuries and 14 half-centuries.
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In 2012, he became the first cricketer in Test cricket history to smash the first ball of a Test match for a six. He achieved this feat against Bangladesh and the bowler was Sohag Gazi.
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Chris Gayle became the first West Indies Cricketer to score 7000 runs and more than 150 wickets in ODIs.
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Chris Gayle is renowned as the king of T20 cricket with almost every other record in his kitty. He has played 222 T20 matches and has accumulated 8,224 runs at a staggering average of 44.21
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