IPL 2018: Swashbuckling openers in each IPL team

Modified Apr 06, 2018 16:00 IST

Related image — Chris Gayle is the most ferocious opening batsman in IPL history

Chris Gayle (Kings XI Punjab)

Image result for gayle ipl — Gayle has slammed a record-making 20 centuries in T20 cricket

The Jamaican took the IPL standards to another level and is known to be the most destructive and greatest T20 batsman in the history of the game.

Gayle has set records for the fastest century reached in any format of cricket, the highest individual score in a T20 match, and the most sixes scored in a single innings in the IPL. It was all witnessed in his 2013 innings of 175 runs that came off just 66 balls and made him an IPL icon.

Having reached the fag end of his IPL career, the 'universal boss' was bagged-in by Kings XI Punjab at his base price of ₹ 2 crores.

IPL Career:

Inns - 100 | Runs - 3626 | SR - 151.21 | HS - 175

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