Rahul Tiwari
khelja|08-07-2024
Chris Gayle: Former West Indies legend Chris Gayle, one of the world's explosive batsmen and known as Universe Boss among fans, retired from international cricket in 2021. Since then, however, he has been seen playing in different leagues around the world.
These days, Gayle (Chris Gayle) is a part of the West Indies team in the World Champions of Legends 2024 being held in Birmingham. During a match against South Africa yesterday, this left-handed batsman's terrifying style was seen, where he thrashed the bowlers badly. Let's take a detailed look at the scorecard of this player.
As long as Chris Gayle was playing professional cricket, all the bowlers of the world were living in fear. Even after retirement, this dangerous batsman has not stopped wreaking havoc on the bowlers.
A glimpse of this was also seen during the World Champions of Legends 2024 (WCL 2024) recently.Actually, in this tournament, the West Indies champions faced the South Africa champions. During this match, while playing for the West Indies, Gayle opened the front against the African team. The left-handed batsman faced just 40 balls and scored 70 runs with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes.
THE CHRIS GAYLE SHOW IN WCL.
70 (40) with 4 fours and 6 sixes – the vintage Universe Boss at the Edgbaston Stadium, he's hitting them cleanly. pic.twitter.com/jM5O2Lt7uo
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 8, 2024
After winning the toss at the Birmingham ground, the West Indies Champions invited the South African Champions to bat first.
The African team, who came to bat first, scored a challenging score of 174 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs. From their side, Ashwell Prince scored 46 runs while Dane Vilas scored 44 runs in 17 balls.Chasing the target of 175 runs, Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith (22) gave a stormy start to the Windies team. Together they added 65 runs in 8.3 overs for the first wicket. After these two, Chadwick Walton also scored 56 runs in 29 balls to take his team to victory.