chris gayle's 47-ball century against england was the only hundred of the main world t20 competition.
chris gayle's 47-ball century against england was the only hundred of the main world t20 competition.
whose 47-ball century against england was the only hundred of the main world t20 competition?
chris gayle
bullet::::- second west indies player (after brian lara), and 14th overall, to pass 10,000 runs in odis.









































bullet::::- first batsman to score a century in each of international cricket's three formats of the game.









































bullet::::- first (and so far only) batsman to score a triple century in test cricket, double century in odi cricket and a century in t20 internationals.









































bullet::::- first batsman to score a t20i century, in the 2007 world t20. he's also the only batsman to score two world t20 tons.
chris gayle
as the runner-up of previous world t20 competition, sri lanka went bangladesh under the captaincy of dinesh chandimal to 2014 icc world twenty20. in the group stage at super 10 stage, they played with south africa, new zealand, england, and netherlands. in the first match, sri lanka played with south africa. sri lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. they had a good understanding about bangladeshi pitches, due to bangladesh bilateral tournament and 2014 asia cup, which was held prior to the world t20 at the same site. sri lankan opener kusal perera reminded all sorts of aggressive shots by legendary sanath jayasuriya. kusal's master stroke was a photocopy of jayasuriya and he devastated dale steyn, morné morkel, and lonwabo tsotsobe. he scored 61 runs off 40 balls giving sri lanka a total of 165/7. south africans was not down as yet, where they progressively built the innings. with the wickets in crucial intervals, they ended up in the losing side with 5 runs short. kusal was the man-of-the-match.
history of the sri lankan cricket team