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Gayle smashes ton off 30 balls, makes 175 not out

EXPLOSIVE West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed a century off 30 balls in an Indian Premier League match yesterday and finished on 175 not out, the highest ever Twenty20 innings.

Playing for the Bangalore franchise, Gayle blasted 17 sixes and 13 fours off just 66 balls to take his team to a huge total of 263 for five wickets.

Pune captain Aaron Finch watched helplessly as the 33-year-old Jamaican swatted the bowlers to all parts of the ground and some of the sixes flew out of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Gayle's 30-ball century eclipsed the 34-ball hundred scored by Australian Andrew Symonds for Kent against Middlesex in 2004. The left-hander also posted the highest individual score in a Twenty20 game, going past New Zealander Brendon McCullum's 158.

Pakistani Shahid Afridi holds the record of fastest international century in the 50-over format (37 balls).


 

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