IPL 2016: 5 best chasers in IPL history

1. Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle, to be honest, has been the legend that T20 cricket needed

The big West Indian has been, over the years, the legend that perhaps the T20 format needed in order to carve out a niche for itself. Not only has Gayle scored runs at a breathtaking pace, he has given the essence to the shortest format of the game and has shown to the world as to what exactly the format stands for.

The man who admits that he plays for the entertainment of his fans has been the most dominant run-chaser in all of IPL’s history, as he has, in matches that a team featuring him has won batting second, scored 1247 runs in 24 games at a mind-boggling average of 77.93 and a stupendous strike-rate of 161.94.

Gayle holds the record for the highest individual score in the history of the league with his 175* that he has scored against the now-defunct Pune Warriors India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 2013.

The Caribbean is also one of the best all-time run scorers in the league’s history, with 3212 runs from 86 games at an average of 44.00 and a strike rate of 152.5, with 5 centuries- the most by any batsman.