Watch the highlights of Chris Gayle 333 vs Sri Lanka | 2nd Triple Century - West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 3-match Test series of the 1st Test match played between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Galle in 15-19 November 2010.
Chris Gayle celebrates his second century © CNN |
West Indies' star opener batsman Chris Gayle produced a sensational batting performance to scored a career-best magnificent 333-runs knocked off facing 437-balls including 34-fours and 9-sixes helped to West Indies set up the mammoth total of 580 against Sri Lanka in the first Test match.
* Chris Gayle became the fourth player to score two triple centuries in Test matches after Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag.
* Chris Gayle became the second West Indies batsman to score two triple centuries in Test matches after Brian Lara.
* Chris Gayle's 333 was the fourth highest score for West Indies in Test matches and the highest score by any team batsman against Sri Lanka in Test cricket, surpassing the previous record of 313 held by Younis Khan (PAK) at Karachi in 2009.
* 9 : Chris Gayle hit the most sixes in an innings for West Indies in Test matches and the joint fifth in the list of most sixes in an innings in Tests.
* 75 : Chris Gayle became the third West Indies player to hit most sixes in Test matches after Brian Lara (88) and Viv Richards (84) and the ninth in the list of most sixes in Tests.
Chris Gayle who slammed his 2nd Test Triple Century and his 300 came from 393-balls.
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