'Universal Boss' Gayle Tonks DC Seamer Deshpande For 26 Runs In One Over To Register Major Batting Record In IPL

With the in-form skipper KL Rahul back in the pavilion rather early during KXIP's 165-run chase, Chris Gayle came into bat at a very precarious situation and counter attacked from ball one in his belligerent style to bring the Punjab-franchise back into the game.

KXIP's Chris Gayle in IPL 2020 (Image: IPL Twitter Handle)

Kings XI Punjab endured and survived yet another do or die match in IPL Season 13 as they pulled off an upset win over Delhi Capitals with a 5-wicket win in Dubai on Tuesday. Kings completed a hat-trick of wins in a desperate bid to keep their play-off hopes alive by bagging yet another 2 points. There were some major contributors in Punjab's win with Nicholas Pooran's blazing half ton, Mohammad Shami's impactful  spell and a fiery cameo by their hard hitting Windies batsman Chris Gayle. Gayle Produced A Whirlwind Cameo To Counter Attack Delhi And Overcome Initial Jitters  

With the in-form skipper KL Rahul back in the pavilion rather early during KXIP's 165-run chase, Chris Gayle came into bat at a very precarious situation and counter attacked from ball one in his belligerent style to bring the Punjab back into the game. The 'Universal Boss' smashed the DC seamers all over the park in his whirlwind 13-ball 29 run innings. Gayle was particularly severe on Delhi Capitals speedster Tushar Deshpande, whom he tonked for 26 runs in the 5th over of the KXIP batting innings. Deshpande had a horrid outing with the ball with the big and burly opener Chris Gayle assault. He had to eventually end with bowling figures of 0-41 in his 2 overs. The pacer has previously had a decent outing with 2-37 and 1-39 in his other two games. 'Universal Boss' Gayle Attains Yet Another Batting Record In His Glittering IPL Career Gayle's brutal onslaught on Deshpande meant he had registered yet another unique batting record in the IPL history. It was a record seventh instance that the mighty West Indian tonked more than 25 runs in an IPL over. The Jamaicans was a reminiscent of his power hitting exploits, which have earned him the title of being the most destructive strokemaker in the history of the T20 league Gayle's record becomes even more notable considering the fact the other pugnacious power-hitters like Jos Buttler, Shane Watson, Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma have been able to hit 25 or more runs twice in their stellar IPL careers.