25 April,2011 09:59 AM IST | | Special Features
Chris Gayle might have gone unsold the first time round in this year's IPL auction, and been at loggerheads with the West Indies Cricket Board, but the Jamaican announced his return to the IPL in style. He struck an unbeaten 102 off 55 balls to take the Bangalore side to victory on Friday. CS gives you some trivia on this mercurial performer:
>>u00a0Christopher Henry Gayle is a Jamaican player who has also been the captain of the West Indies team.
>>u00a0A swashbuckling player, Chris has had a successful One Day and Test career. He has scored 317 runs against South Africa in a test match. He is the only West Indian to do so.
>>u00a0He shares the distinction with Donald Bradman, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag to score couple of triple centuries in Test cricket.
>>u00a0Chris holds the record for the highest innings in a Twenty20 International, having scored 117 against South Africa in the first match of the 2007 World Twenty20. He is also the first batsman to score a century in Twenty20 cricket.
>>u00a0In 2006, he was fined 30 per cent of his match fee after a verbal spat with Michael Clarke in the Champion's Trophy tournament.
>>u00a0Chris is a very fashion conscious cricketer. His nickname is Verucci, part Versace and part Gucci for his love for clothes.u00a0
