Chris Gayle smashes century off 30 balls, makes record 175 not out

Mumbai: Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed a century off 30 balls in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Tuesday and finished on 175 not out, the highest ever Twenty20 innings.

add_main_imagePlaying for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gayle blasted 17 sixes and 13 fours off just 66 deliveries to take his team to a mammoth total of 263 for five wickets.

Pune Warriors captain Aaron Finch watched helplessly as the 33-year-old Jamaican swatted the bowlers to all parts of the ground and some of the sixes flew out of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.NextMAds

Gayle’s 30-ball century eclipsed the 34-ball hundred scored by Australian Andrew Symonds for Kent against Middlesex in 2004. The left-hander also posted the highest individual score in a Twenty20 game, going past New Zealander Brendon McCullum’s 158.

Flamboyant Pakistani Shahid Afridi holds the record of fastest international century in the 50-over format (37 balls) and South African Richard Levi (45 balls) has made the quickest international T20 hundred.