NEW DELHI: West Indies opener
Chris Gayle scripted history on Sunday by becoming the highest run-scorer for West Indies in one-day internationals (
ODIs
). The 39-year-old, who needed just seven runs, went past former Windies skipper
Brian Lara's record of 10,348 runs.
Gayle achieved the milestone in the 9th over when he hit
Khaleel Ahmed for a single towards third-man region during the second ODI against India at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.
However, Gayle's stay at the crease didn't last long as he lost his wicket to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the very next over.
Playing his record 300th ODI, Gayle also went past legendary Lara in terms of matches, who played 299 ODIs between 1990 and 2007.
While Lara's run tally came in 295 ODIs and included 19 centuries and 62 fifties, Gayle, playing his 297th ODI for the West Indies, has 10,342 runs with 25 hundreds and 53 half-centuries prior to the game. He has also played three one-dayers for ICC World XI, scoring 55 runs.
Gayle is also the only West Indian to score a double century in one-day cricket, slamming 215 against Zimbabwe at the 2015 World Cup in Canberra.
Gayle had missed out on an opportunity to go past Lara in the washed out first ODI against India in Guyana on Thursday, managing just four runs off 31 deliveries before being cleaned up by
Kuldeep Yadav.
Here is the list of top-5 West Indian run-getters in ODIsChris Gayle - 10353Brian Lara - 10348Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 8778Desmond Haynes - 8648Vivian Richards - 6721