West Indian 'Terminator' Gayle smashed 100 not out off 48 balls with 11 massive sixes and five fours to lead his team to victory against England in the World Twenty20 opener in Mumbai. Gayle ran for ONLY 14 out of the 100 runs he scored. West Indies won the encounter by six wickets with 11 balls to spare.
After the match, he told BBC “You want to stamp your authority on the big occasion when the world is watching so the Universe boss has got to deliver and he did. The Gayle force got the better of England today.”
Earlier England scores a respectable 182 for 6 with Joe Root as top scorer for his team. Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo picked up two wickets each.
A few tweets after Gayle's knock:
Brian Lara: Well done Windies! @henrygayle magnificent innings!! Plenty areas to improve guys go back to the drawing board and work out those weak areas
Allan Donald: @henrygayle @RCBTweets Man what a knock from the big man tonight. Glad I share the same dressing at RCB with him
Yuvraj Singh: Gaylestorm !! @henrygayle @ICC
England 182 for 6 in 20 overs (Joe Root 48 ( 36b, 3×4, 2×6), Jos Buttler 30 (20b, 3×6) Andre Russell 2-36; Dwayne Bravo 2/41) lost to West Indies 183/6 in 18.1 overs (Chris Gayle 100 n.o (48b, 5×4, 11×6) Marlon Samuels 37 (27b, 8×4); Adil Rashid 1/20) by 6 wickets.
After the match, he told BBC “You want to stamp your authority on the big occasion when the world is watching so the Universe boss has got to deliver and he did. The Gayle force got the better of England today.”
Earlier England scores a respectable 182 for 6 with Joe Root as top scorer for his team. Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo picked up two wickets each.
A few tweets after Gayle's knock:
Brian Lara: Well done Windies! @henrygayle magnificent innings!! Plenty areas to improve guys go back to the drawing board and work out those weak areas
Allan Donald: @henrygayle @RCBTweets Man what a knock from the big man tonight. Glad I share the same dressing at RCB with him
Yuvraj Singh: Gaylestorm !! @henrygayle @ICC
England 182 for 6 in 20 overs (Joe Root 48 ( 36b, 3×4, 2×6), Jos Buttler 30 (20b, 3×6) Andre Russell 2-36; Dwayne Bravo 2/41) lost to West Indies 183/6 in 18.1 overs (Chris Gayle 100 n.o (48b, 5×4, 11×6) Marlon Samuels 37 (27b, 8×4); Adil Rashid 1/20) by 6 wickets.
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