6 instances when Chris Gayle went berserk

2. Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers, Melbourne 2016 (56 runs from 17 balls)

The big man took raised the bar of destructive level while representing the Melbourne Renegades in the Australian Big Bash.

He scored 50 runs in 12 balls, scoring the fastest ever half-century in T20 Internationals jointly with Yuvraj Singh. Greg West of Adelaide strikers was punished for 2 runs in an over which included from Gayle.

He ended his innings with 56 runs from 17deliveries. He hit 2 fours and cleared the fence on 7 occasions. His rate of scoring was an unbelievable 329.41. Previously, Yuvraj Singh had scored a half-century of 12 balls during the inaugural ICC World T20, where the southpaw hit six 6’s in an over from Stuart Broad.

The first twelve balls of his innings went like this: 2, 0, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 6, 6, 4, 1, 6