Christopher Henry Gayle, OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Gayle captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. Considered one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket, also regarded as the best T20 batsman ever. Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of cricket. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most destructive batsman in the history of the game, particularly in Twenty20. He is well known for hitting sixes; in 2012 he became the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle at the Docklands playing for the ICC World XI, 2005
Personal information
Full name	Christopher Henry Gayle
Born	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 39) Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname	Henry, Gayle-Force, Gayle Storm, Universe Boss
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	West Indies (1998-present)
Test debut (cap 230)	16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	5 September 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 97)	11 September 1999 v India
Last ODI	28 July 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.	45
T20I debut (cap 6)	16 February 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I	31 May 2018 v World XI
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998–present	Jamaica
2005	Worcestershire
2008	Stanford Superstars
2008–2010	Kolkata Knight Riders
2009–2011	Western Australia
2011–2017	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–2013	Sydney Thunder
2011	Matabeleland Tuskers
2012	Barisal Burners
2013–2016	Jamaica Tallawahs
2013	Dhaka Gladiators
2014	Highveld Lions
2015–2016	Melbourne Renegades, Somerset
2015	Barisal Bulls
2016	Lahore Qalandars, Chittagong Vikings
2017	Karachi Kings, Rangpur Riders, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2018–present	Multan Sultans, Kings XI Punjab,cape town knight riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 103 284 56 180 Runs scored 7214 9727 1607 13226 Batting average 42.18 37.11 33.47 44.83 100s/50s 15/37 23/49 2/13 32/64 Top score 333 215 117 333 Balls bowled 7109 7322 319 12511 Wickets 73 165 17 132 Bowling average 42.73 35.33 22.17 39.34 5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/34 5/46 2/15 5/34 Catches/stumpings 96/– 120/– 14/– 158/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 28 July 2018

He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. Gayle became the first batsman in World Cup history to score a double century when he reached 200 off 138 balls against Zimbabwe during the 2015 World Cup. He finished on 215 runs, which was the record for highest score in a World Cup until it was broken by Martin Guptill against Gayle's own team. He is one of the five players to score a double century in ODIs. In March 2016, Gayle became only the second player (after Brendon McCullum) to hit two Twenty20 International hundreds, scoring 100 not out against England.

He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and also represents the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, the Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League and the Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League. He has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors, Sydney Thunder, Barisal Burners, Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset in his career. In Indian Premier League 2018 he was picked by Kings XI Punjab at the Base price of 2 crore.