Highlights: Chris Gayle’s World Cup double century

Chris Gayle’s World Cup double century

Chris Gayle’s World Cup double century in the 2015 edition was the high point in tournament history as no one up until that point achieved this landmark!

Gayle Storm arrived in World Cup 2015 when Chris Gayle became the first ever batsman in World Cup history to launch a double century. It came against Zimbabwe in a World Cup 2015 fixture at Canberra.

Gayle scored 215 runs in 147 balls – with the help of 10 fours and 16 sixes! West Indies were 107/1 in 25 overs after which they powered to 372-2 in 50 overs!

MATCH SUMMARY

West Indies 372-2 in 50 overs
Chris Gayle 215 (147) – Marlon Samuels 133 (156) – Tinashe Panyangara 1-82(9)

Zimbabwe 289 all out in 44.3 overs (Target 363 in 48 overs DLS method)
Sean Williams 76 (61) – Craig Ervine 52 (41) – Jerome Taylor 3-38 (10) – Jason Holder 3-48 (7)

West Indies won by 73 runs (DLS method)

Marlon Samuels and Chris Gayle’s 2nd wicket partnership of 372 runs in 318 balls is the highest ever in ODI history for any wicket!