WORLD RECORD: Chris Gayle becomes first cricketer to score 10000 runs in T20

Gayle has played T20 cricket for 20 different teams. West Indies, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sydney Thunders, Jamaica Tallahwas, Somerset, Dhaka Gladiators are the prominent ones. (Photo: AFP)

Amongst those 10,000 runs, Gayle has scored 3283 runs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore – the most. (Photo: BCCI)

Chris Gayle also holds the record for maximum number of sixes in T20s. He has as many as 736 sixes to his name. (Photo: BCCI)

The West Indian six hitting machine became first ever to score 10,000 T20 runs – a world record. (Photo: AP)

Chris Gayle has achieved this remarkable feat in 290 (including international first class) matches at an average of 40.67 and a strike rate off 149.20. (Photo: BCCI)

Breondon McCullum, who is playing the for Gujarat Lions is a distant second with 7534 runs in 271 matches. (Photo: BCCI)

Opening the batting with Virat Kohli, Chirs Gayle rewrote the record books of cricket as soon as he got past 3 runs against Gujarat Lions. (Photo: BCCI)

Chris Gayle came back in the RCB playing XI in place of an injured AB de Villiers, who was ruled out of the Gujarat Lions match. (Photo: BCCI)