#8 Chris Gayle (West Indies)

One of the most feared batsmen in the World, Gayle is one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket, also regarded as the best T-20 batsman ever. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most destructive batsmen in the history of the game, particularly in Twenty-20. He is well known for hitting big sixes. He is one of the five players to score a double century in ODIs and also one of only four players who has scored two triple centuries at Test level.
Gayle had played an important role for West Indies in 2012 and 2016 T-20 World cup championship. He has scored 9,272 runs in 284 ODI matches, he played. He has a total of 40 international centuries.
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