[caption id="attachment_668953" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Gayle-1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-668953" alt="Chris Gayle Getty Images" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Gayle-1.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Chris Gayle Getty Images[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>Four days back, in the BPL 2017 Eliminator against Dhaka Dynamites, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/chris-gayle/">Chris Gayle</a> had slammed a 51-ball 126 not out for Rangpur Riders. That day Gayle went past <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/sabbir rahman">Sabbir Rahman</a> s BPL record of 122, scored for Rajshahi Kings against Barisal Bulls last year. Still not content, Gayle broke his own record today in the final against Dhaka Dynamites. This time he improved on the previous record by 20 runs, finishing on an unbeaten 146 from 51 balls. A whopping 108 of these came from his 18 sixes. Add to that his 5 fours, and you get a total of 128: in other words, Gayle had outscored his own record <i>only in boundaries</i>. <p></p> <p></p><b>Highest scores in BPL history</b> <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="138" /> <col width="38" /> <col width="36" /> <col span="2" width="139" /> <col width="77" /> <col width="49" /> <col width="87" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="138" height="20"><strong>Player</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="38"><strong>Runs</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="36"><strong>Balls</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="139"><strong>Team</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="139"><strong>Against</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="77"><strong>Venue</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="49"><strong>Season</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" width="87"><strong>National side</strong></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">146*</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right"><span style="color: #ff0000;">69</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Rangpur Riders</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Dhaka Dynamites</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Mirpur</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right"><span style="color: #ff0000;">2017</span></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">West Indies</span></td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">126*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">51</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Rangpur Riders</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Khulna Titans</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2017</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Sabbir Rahman</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">122</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">61</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Rajshahi Kings</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Barisal Bulls</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2016</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Bangladesh</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">116</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">61</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Barisal Burners</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Dhaka Gladiators</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2012</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">114</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">51</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Dhaka Gladiators</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Sylhet Royals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2013</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Ahmed Shehzad</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">113*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">49</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Barisal Burners</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Rajshahi Kings</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2012</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Pakistan</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Dwayne Smith</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">103*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">73</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Khulna Royal Bengals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Sylhet Royals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2012</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Mohammad Ashraful</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">103*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">58</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Dhaka Gladiators</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Khulna Royal Bengals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2013</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Bangladesh</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Shahriar Nafees</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">102*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">69</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Khulna Royal Bengals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Rajshahi Kings</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Khulna</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2013</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Bangladesh</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Chris Gayle</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">101*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">44</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Barisal Burners</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Sylhet Royals</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Mirpur</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2012</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" height="20"><strong>Evin Lewis</strong></td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">101*</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">65</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Barisal Bulls</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Dhaka Dynamites</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">Chittagong</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;" align="right">2015</td> <p></p><td style="text-align: center;">West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>As is evident, Gayle occupies the fourth and fifth places as well. The others pale in comparison. As for his 18 sixes, it is now <b>a world record in T20 cricket</b>. He broke <i>his own record</i> of 17, hit during his 175 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors India in the 2013 IPL. <p></p> <p></p>Gayle also became the first to reach 11,000 T20 runs. He was on 11,056 at the end of his innings. To provide perspective, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/brendon-mccullum">Brendon McCullum</a> (with whom Gayle added an unbroken 201 today) is next, on 8,526.
