WATCH: Chris Gayle scores joint-fastest T10 half-century en path to rampaging 22-ball 84
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West Indies legend Chris Gayle on Wednesday equalled the file for the quickest half-century in T10 cricket en path to a blitzkrieg knock on the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the course of the T10 Super League match between Maratha Arabians and Team Abu Dhabi.
Gayle, who headed into the match with a tally of 20 runs in 21 balls throughout 4 matches, averaging simply 5 with a scoring fee of 5.7 per over, began off his innings with two dot balls earlier than scoring 11 consecutive boundaries to equal his personal file for quickest fifty in his cricketing profession. He had beforehand acheived the feat of 12-ball fifty throughout a 2016 Big Bash League between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Renegades.
Gayle confronted 22 balls within the knock with strikes of 0,0,4,4,4,6,6,6,6,4,6,4,6,1,6,6,1,4,2,1,1,6, finally ending with 88 runs.
🏏 Chris Gayle has simply hit 84* off 22 balls. 👏❤He’s 41 years previous…Universe Boss For a Reason 👏👏❤#AbuDhabiT10 #AbudhabiT10League #AbuDhabiCricket #TeamAbuDhabi #ChrisGayle #CommonBoss #UniverseBoss @henrygayle 👏 pic.twitter.com/mDgb7QeR02— Sadik Khan Sk 🇮🇳 (@sadikkhan0107) February 3, 2021
“We never stop learning. Sanga, you’re the man, you’re a legend” 🙌@henrygayle thanks Team Abu Dhabi Mentor @KumarSanga2 for his pep speak earlier than at this time’s recreation! #AbuDhabiT10 pic.twitter.com/NPsCXQJ9TJ
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Put to bat first, Maratha Arabians managed solely 97 runs for the lack of 4 wickets with opener Alishan Sharafu prime scoring together with his 23-ball 33.
In reply, Team Abu Dhabi solely misplaced one wicket, of Paul Stirling, scoring 11 off 5, within the second over. And the remaining was a whirlwind of an innings from Gayle. Joe Clarke, the non-striker, contributed with solely a six-ball 5.
The nine-wicket win helped Team Abu Dhabi take the fourth spot in Super League factors desk.
