Gayle smashes T20 records

And, no other player in the history of the format has done it more than twice.

Kiwi smasher Brendon McCullum, Andre Russell and Evin Lewis have hit 10 or more sixes in an innings on two occasions.

The West Indian scored his 21st T20 hundred and 6th in the IPL.

The first 50 came off 39 balls and he took a mere 19 balls to complete the second 50.

And, it was the first ton of 11th edition of the cricketing extravaganza.

He reached the three-digit mark in 58 deliveries and he laced up his innings with 11 towering sixes.

Extending his record, Gayle has now scored 10 or more sixes in a T20 innings for whopping sixteen times in his career.

It was the 14th over of the innings when Gayle actually turned the heat on. Already batting on 51, he smote leg-spinner Rashid Khan for four consecutive sixes. The first was over long-off, followed by a couple down the ground hits landing into sightscreen. The fourth six was slogged in the deep mid-wicket region.

Having won the toss KXIP skipper R Ashwin decided to bat first. He became the first captain to opt to put total on the board after havingKXIP batting line-up struggled in the initial phase of the innings, mustering only 49 runs in the power play and lost KL Rahul and Mayank Aggarwal in quick succession after the fielding restrictions were off. won the toss.

Kings XI Punjab thumped Sunrisers Hyderabad by 15 runs to hand them their first defeat in the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League.

Having won the toss KXIP skipper R Ashwin decided to bat first. He became the first captain to opt to put total on the board after having won the toss.