Chris Gayle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chris Gayle

Jamaican cricketer

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1979

Place of Birth: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Chris 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.
  • Considered as one of the greatest batsmen ever in Twenty20 (T20) cricket, 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. In February 2019, Gayle announced that he would retire from ODIs after the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
  • 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.
  • Gayle 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 three 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.

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