Chris Gayle. Photo: Getty ImagesChris Gayle hit 18 sixes on his way to an unbeaten 146 off 69 balls for Rangpur Riders against Dhaka Dynamites to create Twenty20 cricket history in the Bangladesh Premier League final. The innings saw him put on 201 runs in a partnership with former Otago and New Zealand player Brendon McCullum, steering the team to 206 for one. The 38-year-old Jamaican's knock also took him past 11,000 runs in the shortest format of the game and made him the first player to score 20 centuries in T20 cricket. Gayle, who has now struck 819 sixes in T20 cricket, last played a T20 international for West Indies in September and his last test match was against Bangladesh in 2014.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 12, 2017 19:41 UTC