ISLAMABAD – In the third and final one-day international between WestIndies and Bangladesh, Chris Gayle smashed five sixes and has equaledShahid Afridi’s record for most sixes in international cricket.
The smash hitter, Gayle, raced to his 73 run innings from just 66 ballsmanaged to hit fix enormous sixes to equal the record at Warner Park in St.Kitts.
Shahid Afridi was previously the sole record holder but now shares histally of 476 sixes with Gayle, who can easily surpass him in the nextseries.
Boom Boom, however, managed his 476 sixes in 524 matches whereas Gaylemanaged it in just 443 matches.
Having said that, it is important to highlight that Gayle has played 81lesser matches than Afridi as the latter started his international journeysooner.——————————
This reflects supremely well on Afridi’s record that he led the recorddespite playing a low number of innings compared to the other candidates.
West Indies play Bangladesh in a T20 series next where Gayle is also a partof West Indies squad. This would be a golden opportunity for Chris Gayle tobreak the record.