Watch: Chris Gayle do ‘googly’ dance on the sphere whereas lighting up PSL with blazing knock
Image Source : TWITTER Chris Gayle does his well-known ‘googly’ dance on the bottom in Karachi on Monday evening.
Chris Gayle was at his blazing greatest on Monday evening when the burly Jamaican mild up the continued Pakistan Super League with a firework of an innings of 68 runs off simply 44 deliveries for Quetta Gladiators towards Lahore Qalandars. He smashed 5 sixes and as many boundaries throughout the course of the innings earlier than falling prey to Afghan spin wizard Rashid Khan.
The 40-year-old West Indian was absolutely having fun with his batting on the evening as he later did his well-known ‘googly’ dance on the sphere throughout a break on the request of commentator Ramiz Raja.
You may also watch spotlight of his entertaining innings within the video beneath:
However, his innings turned out to be for the dropping trigger as Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Hafeez smashed half-centuries for Lahore to thump Quetta by 9 wickets.
Left-handed opener Fakhar made 82 off 52 balls and 41-year-old Hafeez hit a blistering 73 off simply 33 balls in Lahore’s robust run-chase of 179-1 with 10 balls to spare.
Both batsmen have been dropped however raised a 115-run, match-winning stand off solely 58 balls.
Hafeez smashed six sixes and 5 fours that included the profitable boundary towards Mohammad Hasnain by way of the covers at hand Quetta its second successive loss within the six-team occasion.
“The ball was coming nicely onto the bat and we always knew we will chase it down,” Lahore captain Sohail Akhtar stated. “Hafeez and Fakhar paced the run chase very well and it was an outstanding performance.”
Earlier, after being put into bat, Lahore let veteran Chris Gayle (68) off the hook twice earlier than he anchored Quetta to 178-6.
Gayle, dropped within the 20s by Agha Salman at deep mid-wicket, hit 5 fours and 5 sixes earlier than Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan clear bowled him within the fifteenth over.
Gayle shared 101-run stand with captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, who returned to some batting type with 40 off 31 balls earlier than getting a prime edge off a mistimed pull towards quick bowler Haris Rauf, who took 3-38.
(With inputs from AP).