Chris Gayle hits fastest century in IPL match history

Chris Gayle set a new record for the fastest century in professional cricket history by reaching 100 in 30 balls

Chris Gayle broke previous record of fastest century of Andrew Symonds and highest unbeaten of Brendan McCullum

The West Indies batsman Chris Gayls beatAustralian Andrew Symonds in scoring a fastest ton which Symonds made in 2004. Gayle went on a record to set the highest Twenty20 score of 175 not out in today's IPL match RCB vs PWI. He was playing from side of Bangalore and set record by blasting his way into the record books after slamming the fastest century and highest score in the history of Twenty20 cricket and IPL history as well. The Garden City went on storm by him. This Jamaican batsman took just 30 balls only to reach to the 3 figure mark leaving behind the score of Andrew Symonds which he made with 34 balls. With his performance, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) posted a T20 record of 263 runs for 5 wickets in their IPL match against Pune Warriors India. Gayle remained unbeaten on 175 runs. Chris Gayle hit 17 sixes and 13 fours with just 66 balls to score 175 unbeaten and left behind the record of Brendan McCullum of New Zealand's 158 unbeaten. RCB set a T20 world record of 263-5 against PWI in IPL and the score of previous best of 260 set up Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007 eclipsed. As Gayle stormed the match, A B de Villiers also made 31 with just 8 balls. Gayle told ITV4: "I'm lost for words. It was just one of those days. It's a good wicket and I started well. "I got a good total. I can't say it's a decent total - it's a good total." "All I had for breakfast this morning was a plain omelette, two pancakes and a hot chocolate." Pune were batting second in the match. In November last year, Gayle became the first man to hit a six off the opening ball of a Test match - the left hander hit Bangladesh debutant Sohag Gazi for a maximum in the first Test in Dhaka.
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