West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle creates history in World Cup by scoring double century.Gayle scored 215 off 147 balls against Zimbabwe and it helped West Indies reach 372 for 2.
The masterblaster opener slugged 16 sixes as well as 10 fours in the 147-ball innings.Gayle is the first cricketer to hit double century in WC history.
He has beaten Gary Kirsten’s highest score of 188 in the World Cup.
Gayle became the only fourth cricketer to score a double ton in ODIs.Only Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma (twice) scored double centuries so far.
The 35-year-old was dismissed with the last ball of the innings trying for a 17th six.Chris Gayle had recently come in for a lot of criticism for continued failure with the bat.
