The Universe Boss hit the first century in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League. Gayle reached his sixth IPL hundred in 58 balls and Kings XI Punjab are inching towards a good total.This T20 century is Gayle”s 21st one across all leagues in the world. Gayle hit six sixes off Rashid”s spell as the young spinner registered his expensive figures in IPL.
Winning the toss Ashwin, captain of Punjab surprised everyone as he chose to bat first. This is the first instance in this edition of IPL when a skipper opted to bat first after winning the toss.
Gayle ended up with a score of 104* on 63 deliveries as Punjab ended their innings with 193/3.
His innings included 11 huge sixes and a single boundary. Karun Nair played a good cameo with Gayle as he scored a quickfire 31 runs. Gayle dedicated this century to his daughter with his trademark “cradle” celebration
In his interview with Kevin Pietersen after his innings, Chris Gayle mentioned: ” I dedicate this knock to my daughter Kris Allyna Gayle who will be turning two tomorrow and my wife Natasha”.
This is how Twitter reacted to Gayle”s innings :
Meanwhile Preity Zinta's Reaction To People Who Were Laughing At Her When She Choose To Buy Unsold Chris Gayle. #KXIPvSRH #KXIPvsSRH #SRHvKXIP #UniverseBoss #GayleStorm pic.twitter.com/a4pvjBKu07
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/SirIshantSharma/status/987002345794879488
In a game where u have Gayle storm n team scoring nearly 200,u quietly go abt ur business n have the bowling figure with the economy just over 6 is amazing #bhuvi
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 19, 2018
Bowling to Chris Gayle is like…..#KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/cRNeB8Twlk
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 19, 2018
Chris Gayle…
104* in 63 balls
21 – dots
26 – 1s
4 – 2s
1 – 4s
11 – 6s#KXIPvSRH#IPL#IPL2018— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 19, 2018
Gayle storm it is, never seen Rashid Khan been clobbered like this. Chris Gayle is a man on a mission. Delight to watch this @lionsdenkxip #KXIPvSRH
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 19, 2018
Gayle just ran 2, that too after hitting 4 sixes in a row! And that 2 says more about his motivation than the sixes #KXIPvSRH
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 19, 2018
Finally a batsman has taken Rashid khan to the cleaners. Had to be @henrygayle. Monster Hitting from the Universe Boss. Gayle Storm at Mohali #KXIPvSRH
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) April 19, 2018
Release Gayle, retain Sarfaraz, RTM for Negi. How cute
— Abhishek ✨ (@ImAbhishek7_) April 19, 2018
Henry Gayle 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
— RJ Balaji (@RJ_Balaji) April 19, 2018
If you thought your life was hard, you haven't seen Chris Gayle take a quick single. #KXIPvSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 19, 2018
After watching Gayle bat…. pic.twitter.com/NUom9fJiR2
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 19, 2018
Gayle is going to hit a Six for every second of silence when his name was called at the IPL auction table. #KXIPvSRH
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) April 19, 2018
Mahesh Babu will do a Chris Gayle at the box office tomorrow. #BharatAneNenu
— Kartik Dayanand (@KartikDayanand) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/cricBC/status/987006884228907008
https://twitter.com/SirrrJadeja/status/986997381626396674
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/987002567967363073
Chris Gayle Is Taking Revenge From All The Franchises Who Refused To Buy Him In #IPL Auction. #KXIPvSRH #KXIPvsSRH #SRHvKXIP
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 19, 2018
Yeaaaahhhh boy @henrygayle 💯 👑🔥🔥🔥
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/KP24/status/986995661806678017
BOOM! Incredible 100 off just 58 balls by the man, the legend.. the Universe Boss @henrygayle ! 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/XwxuOrTBjb
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 19, 2018