Delhi: Former West Indies explosive opener Chris Gayle has recently named the player in an interview, which he considers the best batsman in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Gayle has described the great batter Virat Kohli as the best batsman of IPL history during a conversation with Inside Sports. Let us know that Kohli is currently the IPL alltime top run scorer. He has scored 8168 runs in 256 matches played so far. His name has a great record of 8 centuries and 57 half -centuries in this league.
After Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan is in second place, who has scored 6769 runs in 222 matches. At the same time, Rohit Sharma is third in 261 matches scoring 6666 runs. Rohit has 2 centuries and 43 half -centuries in IPL.
However, Chris Gayle is no longer a part of the IPL. Former left -arm opener scored 4965 runs in 142 matches, with his strike rate 148.96. The most important thing is that his name is the biggest personal innings of IPL so far, an unbeaten 175* run, which he played against Pune Warriors (PW) in 2013. No batsman has been able to break this record till date.
During this time, Gayle has also scored 6 centuries and 31 half -centuries. Even though he is no longer on the field, but his record still thrills cricket lovers. Significantly, Gayle and Kohli have played together for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL for many years.
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