Chris Gayle outclasses Yuvraj Singh and Shahid Afridi combined in number of T20 sixes

High-flying Punjab continued ir late resurgence in ongoing Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season with a win against Kolkata on Monday, October 26. On back of Chris Gayle’s royal 51-run kck, KL Rahul-led side overhauled Kolkata’s target with more than an over to spare. During course of his 29-ball stay at crease, T20 behemoth smacked five sixes against likes of Sunil Narine and Lockie Ferguson.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Chris Gayle T20 sixes tally inches closer to 1,000 maximums

Chris Gayle clobbered five sixes against hapless Kolkata bowlers to extend his T20 sixes tally to 993. With seven more hits over fence, burly Jamaican batsman will become first cricketer in world to breach 1,000-sixes landmark in all T20s. As of w, he is 303 sixes ahe of second-placed Kieron Pollard (690 sixes).

Chris Gayle’s staggering sixes tally is much more decorated than combined tally of some of greats of game. For instance, former Pakistan captain and serial six-hitter Shahid Afridi has bludgeoned 245 sixes in his career. Meanwhile, former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh cleared rope 261 times during his playing days. Interestingly, he struck six of m in a of a single Stuart Bro over during ICC T20 World Cup 2007.

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A look into Chris Gayle T20 sixes stats

Chris Gayle has played 58 T20Is for West Indies. Across his 54 international T20 innings, left-handed batsman hoarded 105 sixes and he is currently fifth in world in terms of number of sixes registered in international cricket’s truncated format. rest of his overall 993 sixes came as a T20 freelancer, as he continues to hour his commitments in some of top T20 leagues in world.

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Im source: IPLT20.COM