Today, Chris Gayle score a double hundred against Zimbabwe in the 15th ICC world cup 2015 match which is underway in Manuka Oval, Canberra Australia. Gayle scored 215 runs in 147 balls with strike rate of 147.48. His 200 include 10 fours and 16 sixes. It is also the highest individual score of Chris Gayle in one day matches.
Gayle also became the first non-Indian player to score 200 runs in ODIs while this landmark was achieved by only Indian players before him. These players are Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma. The previous highest individual score in the world cup matches was 188 by Gary Kirsten which is also broken by Chris Gayle with this superb innings.
The toss in this match was won by West Indies who decided to bat first as the match is quite good for batting. So far, both West Indies and Zimbabwe have played two matches and won one match each. West Indies have 100% record against Zimbabwe in the world cup matches as they won all the previous 5 world cup encounters against Zimbabwe and this is the sixth encounter between them.
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