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Chris Gayle breaks cricket record

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West Indianian cricketer Chris Gayle has set a new T20 world record.

The hard hitting batsman has become the first player to hit 1000 sixes.

Gayle achieved the feat when the Rajasthan Royals played the Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi last Friday. This was part of the IPL Tournament that is being played at the moment.

Gayle has an impressive T20 record.
– He has hit more sixes than any player.
– He has hit more sixes than any international team.
– He has hit sixes for 26 teams in 13 different leagues across eight different countries and five continents.
– He has broken the records for most sixes in the Indian Premier League, the Caribbean Premier League, and the Bangladesh Premier League.

Gayle also holds the record for hitting the most sixes in all forms of international cricket (534 in Test matches, one-day matches, and T20s for the West Indies),

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