Gayle tonked 12 sixes and seven fours during his innings and notched up an opening stands of 63 for the first wicket with wicketkeeper batsman Tobias Vesse, 67 with fellow West Indian Chadwick Walton and a massive 139-run stand with South African international Rassie Van Der Dussen in just 8.5 overs.
Visse was in all destructive mode as he smashed 51 off just 19 balls with 11 fours and a six while Walton added 29 off 18 balls. Van Der Dussen smashed 56 off just 25 balls with five sixes and three fours.
However, Knights efforts with the bat went in vain as Montreal Tigers could not start off with their chase, as the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled in Montreal Tigers’ innings. The match had to be called off due to the threat of lightning and thunderstorms.
In the other match of the day, Winnipeg Hawks chased down a target of 217 with three wickets in hand against Yuvraj Singh-led Toronto Nationals in Match 7 at Brampton.
After being put in to bat, Toronto rode on opener Rodrigo Thomas’ 46-ball 65, Kieron Pollard’s 21-ball 52 and Yuvraj’s 26-ball 45 to reach 216/7 in their 20 overs. For Winnipeg, West Indian international Dwayne Bravo picked 4/39.