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Twitter users, fans, experts, former and current cricketers- all were in awe of Chris Gayle.
Updated : Apr 19, 2018, 09:55 PM IST
Hyderabad has been one of the teams against who Gayle has not performed really well. Before this match he had only managed to score 220 runs at an average of 24.44 against them. But everything changed on Thursday.
Chris Gayle scored his 21st T20 century and the first century of IPL 2018 as he made 104 runs off 62 balls for Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.
Gayle played with caution (at least by his standards) in the beginning. The West Indies batsman reached his 50 off 39 balls. However, he let loose after completing his half century. Gayle was having trouble while running, but that proved more detrimental for SRH as the big man dealt in sixes only.
Hit hit Rashid Khan for four straight sixes in one hour.
Gayle reached his 100 off 58 balls with 11 sixes and just one four.
Twitter users, fans, experts, former and current cricketers- all were in awe of the innings.
When he's on, he's ON !! @henrygayle #worldboss
— Dane van Niekerk (@danevn81) April 19, 2018
Most 100s in T20 cricket: 21 Chris Gayle
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 19, 2018
next best: 7 Brendon McCullum/Luke Wright/Michael Klinger#KXIPvSRH#IPL#IPL2018
Chris Henry Gayle.
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 19, 2018
Period. #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/tr181JNyAZ
#universeboss at it again. What a fantastic knock that was! And mind you that century came against the so far best bowling attack. All hail Chris Gayle! #universeboss #KXIPvSRH #IPL2018
— Shantanu Smart (@smartshantanu) April 19, 2018
Twitter remembered how Gayle went unsold on the first day of the IPL 2018 auction...
Chris Gayle Is Taking Revenge From All The Franchises Who Refused To Buy Him In #IPL Auction. #KXIPvSRH #KXIPvsSRH #SRHvKXIP
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) April 19, 2018
Gayle is going to hit a Six for every second of silence when his name was called at the IPL auction table. #KXIPvSRH
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) April 19, 2018
... and that RCB let him go.
*Gayle scores 100+ in IPL
— Amit Giri (@beingamit209) April 19, 2018
RCB team:#KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/OWuZw4pDBU