6 instances when Chris Gayle went berserk

1. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors India, Bangalore 2013 (175 runs from 66 balls)

Scoring 175 runs in a 20 over match is in itself a pretty remarkable feat, and realising that he reached the three figure mark in just 30 balls made it look lethal. The match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors India was very much a one-way traffic.

Gayle scored a 30-ball century taking the score to a 263, a record in IPL history. He scored a 175 runs and carried his bat throughout. He found the ropes on 13 occasions and hit 17 maximums. He scored runs at a strike rate of 265.15.

Apart from the big man, Bangalore had other power-hitters like A.B. De Villiers, Tilekeratne Dilshan and Virat Kohli, but Gayle’s destructive batting overshadowed everyone. Pune lost the match by 130 runs.