Chris Gayle’s century defeated England at World T20



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In a T20 world cup 2016 match, West Indies defeated England due to aggressive batting by Chris Gayle. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai hosted this match during which England scored 182 runs in 20 overs after batting first. Later, Chris Gayle scored an aggressive century to take his team to victory. Johnson Charles got out on second ball of the innings by David Willey but Chris Gayle made 55 runs 2nd wicket partnership with Marlon Samuels and then 46 runs 3rd wicket partnership with Ramdin. After departure of Samuels (37), Ramdin (12) and Bravo (02), Chris Gayle continued his aggressive bating and took West Indies to victory after scoring 100 runs in 47 balls with 5 fours and 11 sixes. From English side, one wicket each was taken by Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley and David Willey.

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Before that, West Indies fielded after winning the toss. Opening partnership of 37 runs was scored between Alex Hales and Jason Roy. Roy got out after scoring 15 runs after which Hales and Joe Root 55 runs for 2nd wicket partnership. Joe Root and Alex Hales scored 48 runs and 28 runs respectively. English captain Morgain remained undefeated at 27 while Jos Buttler scored aggressive 30 runs. Darren Bravo and Andre Russell took 2 wickets each while Sulieman Benn took 1 wicket from West Indies side.

 

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