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Goes level with Gayle for T20 record
Delhi Capitals (DC) and Australian star batter David Warner has tied with Chris Gayle for the most fifty-plus scores in the history of T20 cricket.
During his innings of 52 off 35 balls, Warner also went past India batter Virat Kohli to become the fifth-highest run-getter in T20 cricket.
The veteran left-hander accomplished both feat during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Visakhapatnam, on Sunday. His innings comprised five fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 148.73.
Now in T20 cricket, both Gayle and Warner have 110 fifty-plus scores. At number three is Virat Kohli, the only Indian batter to have 100 or more scores of fifty-plus innings in T20s.
Warner is now the fifth-highest run-getter in the shortest format, having amassed 12,195 runs in 373 matches, with eight centuries and 102 fifties, with the best score of 135*.
India's icon, Kohli has scored 12,175 runs (at an average of 41.55 and at a strike rate of 133.54) in 379 matches, with eight centuries and 93 fifties. His best score is 122*.
The leading run-scorer in T20s is West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle, who has made 14,562 runs in 463 matches and 455 innings at an average of 36.22 and a strike rate of 144.75. He has scored 22 centuries and 88 fifties. His best score is 175*.