Biography of Chris Gayle.

Chris Gayle is one of the greatest cricketers in the world who is well recognized all over the world for his explosive batting, and whenever he is batting on the wicket, then even the greatest bowlers of the cricket world often try to avoid being ruined by him.

He is very popular in the West Indies and in the world like Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Despite being born in a very ordinary family he has created a different identity in the world of cricket, and today people also know as Universe Boss and Sixer Machine.

Chris Gayle's full name is Christopher Henry Gayle. And he was born on 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, his father's name is Dudley Gayle, Who worked in the police department as a policeman, his mother's name is Hazel Gayle, he has 5 siblings; two of them are Vanclive Parris, Wayne Gayle (Younger).

Chris Gayle was in a long-term relationship with his female business partner named Natasha Berridge, a fashion designer by profession, and he married her on 31 May 2009, In the year 2016 Natasha has also given birth to a daughter named Chris-Allyina.

When he was young, his family's financial condition was very bad. his home was just a tin's hut in the name of the house, just somehow his family's income because of this, his mother Hazel Gayle had to sit on the roadside and work as a street vendor.

He completed his early childhood education at Campbell Town's Excelsior High School in Jamaica, which is for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 20 years of age groups. due to the poor financial condition of his family, Chris Gayle was only able to complete his tenth class standard education.

After leaving his studies, he went in search of employment so that he could help his family financially. But they could not get any kind of employment. Then he started a new type of work in which he started earning money by selling whatever he got by sorting it out of the piles of garbage lying in the road.

At the same time, he started playing cricket with the boys of his area and locality. Gradually cricket had become his passion.

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Personal profile:

• Full name...Christopher Henry Gayle
• Nationality...Jamaican
• Date of birth...21 September 1979
• Born territory...Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, West Indies.
• Height...1.9m
• Main Role in the team...As an Allrounder
• Batting genre..Left-hand bat
• Bowling genre...Right-arm off-break
• Father's name...Dudley Gayle
• Mother's name...Hazel Gayle
• Date of marriage 31 May 2009.
• Spouse name...Natasha Berridge.
• Daughter's name...Kris–Allyna Gayle.
• Brother's name...Vanclive Parris and Wayne Gayle
• Test debut...vs Zimbabwe at Queen's Park Oval on 16 March 2000.
• Last Test...vs Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Ground on  05 September 2014.
• ODI debut...vs India at Toronto CSCC on  11 September 1999.
• Last ODI...vs India at Queen's Park Oval on 14 August 2019.
• T20 debut...vs New Zealand at Eden Park on 16 February 2006.
• Last T20...vs England at Warner Park on 08 March 2019.
• IPL debut...vs Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium on 22 May 2008.
• Last IPL...Playing in the current season of 2021 in India.

Childhood biography of Chris Gayle:

When Chris Gayle used to play cricket in his area and locality in his childhood, he did not like to run on the crease at the duration of the batting period, so he always tries to hit the ball very hard and too far. So that they could not have to make runs by running on the crease and the ball can across the boundary line easily for making big scores.

Despite all these difficult types of circumstances, he never let his cricket passions diminish, during this period he proceeds along with playing cricket with the different teams of his area,  locality, and other villages but among all the guys who played with them of those guys, Chris Gayle's cricket game was always of a different type of level.

After watching his game, the selectors of Lucas Cricket Club, located in Kingston, Jamaica, selected him to play for his club, which led to a different type of change in his playing style.

Chris Gayle always wanted to do something extraordinary in the field of cricket and because of this, always he took full of advantage of whatever opportunity he had grabbed.

While playing for Lucas Cricket Club, he was looking to overcome his shortcomings and more strengthen his strong point of batting. Chris Gayle believes that if this Lucas Cricket Club had not given me a chance to play for his club, I might not have reached this point in life.

Chris Gayle has gets the debut to play first-class cricket from the Jamaica cricket squad in 1998.

Debut in international cricket:

On the 11 September year1999 at Toronto CSC club ground Canada, he was made his debut in international cricket by playing in a One-Day International against India, In this match, he was dismissed by scoring only one run in his debut ODI.

He also got a chance to debut in Test cricket against Zimbabwe in March 2000. He made a good start in this Test match and he was about to play a big inning that he was unfortunately run out for 33 runs but during his short inning period, He was able to impress everyone with his technique and style of playing the way of cricket.

After this debut, he started playing Test and ODI cricket for his country on regular basis, during which he was failing to play big innings despite making a good start.

he is started playing regular Test matches and ODI cricket, during which he was failing to play a big inning despite making a good start, but in the first Test match during the tour of West Indies to Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 19 July 2001, he played a wonderful knock of 175 runs and steeled his first century of test career.

After this, on 15 August 2001 at Simba Union Ground, Nairobi itself, opening innings in the first match against Kenya, he played a brilliant knock of 152 runs, this was his first century in the One Day International career.

In this way, he also ended his image of not being able to score runs in international cricket. 

• Chris Gayle has captained a total of 90 matches for the West Indies in all three formats of international cricket from the period of years 2007 to 2010, the details of that are as follows

Summary of his captaincy:

Format	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Tied
Test	20	03	09	08	00
ODI	53	17	30	06	00
T20i	17	06	10	00	01
Total	90	26	49	14	01

International cricket career biography of Chris Gayle:

From 28 June to 2 July 2002, he played another brilliant inning of 204 runs against New Zealand in the second Test played at the National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada in the West Indies tour of New Zealand in July 2002 and scored his first double century in cricket.

Along with this, he was also given the role of an opener in the format of the test and ODI cricket for the West Indies, during which he played several match-winning innings while retaining his superb form.

During India's tour of West Indies on November 15, 2002, at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, he hammered a 140-run knock from 127 balls in the fourth ODI against India, which Indicates to the bowlers around the world that he could be a cause of a lot of trouble for them in the near future.

Chris Gayle now owns almost the maximum types of records related to batting in all three formats of cricket, including the most runs (10,000+Run), the most centuries, the fastest centuries, and the most numbers of fours and sixes.

During a test series against Australia, he became dizzy on the ground and had trouble breathing, he was immediately taken to the hospital where during his investigation it was found that he had some problem in his heart, after that he The heart surgery was done and the surgery was successful but the doctors told him to take a break from cricket for a few months. this situation is very painful for any sportsperson, Chris Gayle was also very sad because he At this time, he was going through the best form of his career and he was afraid that after the break, whether he will be able to play cricket in the same form again or not.

But when he returns to the ground after a successful recovery from illness, the world saw a new style of Chris gayle, which was much stronger and powerful than the previous, now as soon as he comes on the wicket, he starts dominating the bowlers very badly with his explosive batting, and due to cause of this type of cricket, the peoples of the whole world were becoming crazy about him.

Career's statistics biography of Chris Gayle:

Chris Gayle has scored 7215 runs in 103 Test matches at an average of 42.19 with the 60.28 strike rate in his Test cricket career with the help of 12 centuries, 1 double, 2 triple centuries, and 37 half-centuries, in which his highest score was 333 runs.

In ODIs, he scored a total of 10480 runs from 301 ODIs at an average of 37.7 with the help of 24 centuries, 54 half-centuries, and one double century, of which his highest score was 215 runs.

Apart from this, he has also played 58 T20 matches in which he has scored 1627 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 13 half-centuries at an average of 32.54 with the strike rate of 142.84 in which his highest score is being 117 runs.

The summary of Chris Gayle's batting performance in all three formats of international cricket.

International batting performance:

	Test	ODI	T20i	Total
Match	103	301	74	467
Inn	182	294	70	535
Run	7215	10480	1854	19548
Hs	333	215	117	333
Avg	42.18	37.83	29.42	36.48
N/O	11	16	07	34
S/R	60.26	87.19	149.18	98.87
Four	1046	1128	155	2329
Six	98	331	121	550
50	37	54	14	105
100	12	24	02	38
200	01	01	00	02
300	02	00	00	02

He has also changed the direction of some matches due to his bowling skills several times. He has taken 73 wickets at an average of 42.74 for the total of 3120 runs in 104 innings from the 103 Test matches while bowling in test cricket, in which his best performance is five wickets for 34 runs.

Chris Gayle is also managed to crack 167 wickets for 5926 runs at an average of 35.49 in 119 innings of 300 ODIs, of which his best performance is five wickets for 40 runs on an ODI.

Apart from this, he has also managed to take 17 wickets for 377 runs at an average of 22.18, in 23 innings from the 58 T20 matches, of which his best performance is 2 wickets for 15 runs.

The summary of Chris Gayle's bowling performance in all three formats of international cricket.

International bowling performance:

	Test	ODI	T20i	Total
Match	103	301	74	478
Inn	104	199	29	332
Ball	7109	7424	375	14908
Run	3120	5926	433	9479
W	73	167	19	259
Bbi	5/34	5/46	2/15	5/34
BBm	6/81	5/46	2/15	6/81
Eco	2.63	4.79	6.92	4.78
Avg	42.74	35.49	22.78	33.76
S/R	97.38	44.46	19.70	53.84
5W	02	01	00	03

Chris Gayle has scored a total of 48 centuries in his entire international cricket career by combining all three formats of cricket including IPL, which is as follows.

In Test Matches.
Centuries...12
Half Centuries...37
Double Centuries...01
Triple Centuries...02

In ODI Matches.
Centuries...24
Half Centuries...54
Double Centuries...01

In T20 Matches.
Centuries...02
Half Centuries...13

In IPL Matches.
Centuries...06
Half Centuries...31

Chris Gayle's performance in the arias of batting, bowling, and fielding on the World Cups.

Performance in world cups:

Batt	Data	Bowll	Data
Match	35	Match	35
Inning	34	Inning	20
Run	1186	Ball	793
Highest	215	Run	652
N.Out	01	W	16
Avg	35.93	Eco	4.93
S/R	90.53	S/R	49.56
H.Century	06	Avg	40.75
Century	01	BB/m	2/21
D.Century	01	5W	00
Four	116	--	--
Six	49	--	--
Catch	17	--	--

Chris Gayle is Generally considered a quiet, patient, and discipline cricket player.

This amazing unmatched player has given many unforgettable memories to cricket lovers around the world by his superb cricket playing skills and has also established several excellent records to his name in the game of cricket.

Chris Gayle announced his decision about retiring from international cricket after the 2019 World Cup, After hearing the news of his retirement from international cricket, there was sadness among cricket fans around the world and many people even stopped watching cricket. but due to his cricket fans around the world, he still continues to play in the IPL

IPL biography of Chris Gayle:

Chris Gayle has been a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore team in IPL and is presently playing for the Kings XI Punjab team at the Indian Premier league.

His outstanding performance in IPL can be gauged from the fact that he is the highest century-hitting batsman of all time, most sixes, and fastest century by any batsman in IPL history so for.

A brief overview of Chris Gayle's performance in IPL history so far is the following.