West Indies Chris Gayle holds record for fastest century in T20 WC: West Indies cricket team legend Chris Gayle has made the record of scoring the fastest century in the history of T20 World Cup.

New Delhi: The ICC T20 World Cup started in the year 2007. In the very first edition of the tournament, when Team India’s legend Yuvraj Singh scored a fifty in 12 balls, it created a sensation all over the world. That half-century scored by Yuvraj in 12 balls in the year 2007 is still the fastest and till date no batsman has been able to break it. After that, countless fifties and centuries were also scored, but 9 years after Yuvraj Singh’s fastest fifty, the record of fastest century was made in the T20 World Cup in 2016.

The record of this fastest century was made by none other than Chris Gayle, popularly known as Universe Boss. Gayle also did this feat against England only. In the Super-10 match of the 2016 T20 World Cup, Gayle performed brilliantly and completed his century in just 47 balls. The record of this dangerous fastest century of Gayle has not been broken yet. In his world record century, Gayle also hit 11 sixes and 4 fours. The second fastest T20 World Cup century is also in Gayle’s name. Gayle had achieved the feat of scoring a century in 50 balls against South Africa in the 2007 T20 World Cup.

Gayle had ruined West Indies

If we talk about Chris Gayle’s fastest century, he had blown away the England bowlers. Due to this strong innings of Gayle, West Indies won the match against England by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining. West Indies had a target of 183 runs to win the match. While chasing the target, Gayle’s partner Johnson Charles was out without opening the account. After this, Marlon Samuels contributed 37 runs, Andre Wrestle contributed 16 runs and Denesh Ramdin contributed 12 runs, due to which West Indies easily won the match.

England’s batting did not work

If we talk about this match against West Indies, England’s batting was not successful. Joe Root played the highest innings of 48 runs for the team. Apart from this, Jos Buttler contributed 30 runs, while Alex Hales played 28 runs and Eoin Morgan played 27 runs, due to which England was able to score only 182 runs.