WCL 2024: Chris Gayle wreaked havoc at the age of 44; won the hearts of fans with fours and sixes, video went viral


WCL 2024: Chris Gayle played a brilliant innings of 70 runs in just 40 balls at the Birmingham ground.

Chris Gayle (Pic Source X)

World Championship of Legends 2024: The evening of the World Championship of Legends on 7 July was special. Because once again Chris Gayle’s storm was seen in this tournament. Gayle, who has retired from international cricket, is playing for the West Indies champions in the World Championship of Legends. He caught the attention of the cricket world with his stormy innings against the South African champions on Sunday evening. Chris Gayle played a strong innings of 70 runs in just 40 balls on the Birmingham ground. The result was that even the big target given by South Africa fell short.

Batting first in this match, the South African champion team scored 174 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ashwell Prince and Dane Vilas played unbeaten innings of 46 and 44 runs respectively. Apart from these two, Richard Lewis scored 20 and JP Duminy scored 23 runs. Jason Mohammed took the maximum of 2 wickets from West Indies.

The target of 175 runs fell short in front of Gayle’s storm

The West Indies champions had a huge target of 175 runs. Chasing this target, the opening pair of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith added 65 runs in 8.3 overs for the first wicket. Smith was out after scoring 22 runs but Gayle’s storm continued. He thrashed the bowlers of the South African champion team. As a result, the West Indies champions won the match by chasing the target of 175 runs with 5 balls remaining.

Chris Gayle’s stormy innings of 70 runs

In this match, Chris Gayle scored 70 runs in 40 balls. He hit 6 sixes and 4 fours while playing at a strike rate of 175. By the time Gayle was out, the job was done. West Indies achieved the target of 175 runs in 19.1 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Chris Gayle was chosen Man of the Match for his explosive innings.

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