West Indies opener smashed 9 sixes and 6 fours on his approach to a 12-ball fifty, a feat matched by Northern Warriors’ Waseem Muhammad within the very subsequent recreation on an explosive day within the Abu Dhabi T10
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Chris Gayle tonked 9 sixes and 6 fours in a pulsating 84 not out from simply 22 balls within the Abu Dhabi T10 League
Chris Gayle plundered 9 sixes as he smote 84no off simply 22 balls to propel Group Abu Dhabi to a crushing nine-wicket win over Maratha Arabians, within the Abu Dhabi T10.
Chasing 98 to win, Group Abu Dhabi received dwelling off simply 5.3 overs as Gayle galloped to a fifty in simply 12 balls – a feat he had beforehand achieved in 2016 whereas taking part in for Melbourne Renegades towards Adelaide Strikers within the Massive Bash League.
On a exceptional day in Abu Dhabi, Waseem Muhammad then matched Gayle’s achievement by hanging a half-century off 12 balls to rush Northern Warriors to an eight-wicket victory over Pune Devils, for whom Yorkshire’s Sam Wisniewski took 2-14.
On an explosive day in Abu Dhabi, Northern Warriors’ Waseem Muhammad plundered a half-century off only a dozen balls!
The quickest half-century in worldwide T20 cricket additionally got here off 12 balls – India’s Yuvraj Singh pummelling England in 2007.
Eire’s Paul Stirling (11 off 5) and Englishman Joe Clarke (5 not out) had one of the best seats in the home on the different finish as Gayle teed off, whereas Ben Duckett and Sam Billings – the subsequent two batsmen on account of are available in – weren’t wanted.
Amid the carnage, seamer Sompal Kami conceded 27 runs off an over whereas Mosaddek Hossain went for 22. Within the context of the match, 16-year-old leg-spinner Maroof Product owner’s excelled in simply conceding 15 off his one over.
Predictably, the 41-year-old Gayle completed the match with a six to finish on a strike-rate of 381.82 – a determine swelled by six fours.
Solely Nicholas Pooran has scored extra runs from fours and sixes than his West Indian counterpart Gayle in an Abu Dhabi T10 innings – his 89 off 24 balls for Northern Warriors towards Bangla Tigers final month together with 84 runs from boundaries, whereas Gayle chalked up 78.
Within the subsequent match, Waseem adopted up his 76 off 34 balls towards Group Abu Dhabi two days beforehand with 56no off 13 deliveries at a strike-rate of 431 – his knock together with seven sixes and three fours.
Extremely, that meant {that a} whole of 96 % of his runs got here in boundaries as Warriors eclipsed Pune Devils’ whole of 97-8 – which featured 3-5 from Wayne Parnell – with 33 balls of their allotted 60 remaining. Parnell was named man-of-the-match for his figures.
Sluggish left-armer Monir Hossain conceded 35 off one over as struck one 4 and 4 maximums, plus one other six off a no-ball, in a brutal assault.
Dwell protection of the Abu Dhabi T10 continues on Sky Sports activities Cricket.