Life of Christopher Henry Gayle

The Power Man Christopher Henry Gayle

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. Regarded as one of the best batsmen of all time, Gayle has set numerous records across all three formats of the game. He is the most capped player for the West Indies in international cricket and is the only player to score a triplet of centuries – a triple hundred in Tests, double hundred in ODIs and a hundred in T20Is. Gayle is the first ever batsman to hit 1000 sixes in T20 cricket.

Gayle started his cricket career with Lucas Cricket Club in Kingston, Jamaica. Gayle claimed: "If it was not for Lucas, I don't know where I would be today. Maybe on the streets"[20] Lucas Cricket Club's nursery has been named in honour of Gayle.

He was made captain of the West Indies side in the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 after getting criticized for playing in the IPL 2008 and missing an international series a few months before. Gayle scored a quickfire 88 in the opening game of the tournament and helped the Windies beat the mighty Australians. They lost in the semi-final to Sri Lanka.

Gayle played for the West Indies at youth international level prior to making his first-class debut in 1998, at age 19 for Jamaica. He played his first One Day International eleven months later in 1999, and his first Test match six months after that. Gayle, who normally opens the innings when he plays for the West Indies, is a destructive batsman who is most effective playing square of the wicket. In July 2001, Gayle (175), together with Daren Ganga (89) established the record for opening partnerships at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo when they put on 214 together against Zimbabwe.

Chris Gayle launched a music career in November 2020 with a dancehall music video called "We Come Out Fi Party". Earlier in 2020, he had released a video about his partying lifestyle.

Gayle's partner is Natasha Berridge. On 20 April 2016, Gayle announced the birth of his daughter on social media platform Instagram. On 9 September 2016, Gayle launched his autobiography Six Machine - I don't like cricket, I love it'.[112] According to Forbes, Gayle has an estimated net worth of $15 million.

In February 2019, Gayle announced that he would retire from ODIs after the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[13] However, in June 2019, during the Cricket World Cup, Gayle expressed his desire to play in the ODI matches against India in August, and possibly a Test match as well.[14Gayle last played in a Test match in September 2014, against Bangladesh. In July 2019, he was named in the West Indies' ODI squad for their series against India. During the series against India, Gayle played in his 300th ODI, which includes five matches for the ICC World XI team. In the same match, Gayle also became the leading run-scorer for a West Indies batsman in ODI cricket. He went past Brian Lara's record of 10,348 runs. Gayle wore a special jersey number 301 on his last ever ODI against India as he was playing his 301st ODI. In December 2020, Gayle was included in the ICC T20I Team of the Decade.