List of Records broken by Chris Gayle and West Indies today against Zimbabwe

List of Records broken by Chris Gayle and West Indies today against Zimbabwe: The 15th match of the ongoing 2015 World cup between West Indies and Zimbabwe has sprung up a fountain of records. The start of the match was pretty interesting as West Indies lost their first wicket of the 2nd ball of the 1st over, that of Dwayne Smith for a duck. And Chris Gayle survived a LBW decision by using the DRS, which was inconclusive enough for the 3rd umpire to rule it into the favor of the batsman. But after that, it was a long 49 overs for Zimbabwe because Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels slowly but surely began to decimate the Zimbabwean bowling. Gayle cut lose after making his 100 in 105 balls and that’s when the records started tumbling. Here is the list of the records that Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels and the West Indies team broke in their innings. # Chris Gayle scored the first double hundred in World cup history. It is the 5th over all and 1st by a non-Indian batsman. Others to score a double century in ODIs are Sachin Tendulkar (200*), Virender Sehwag (219) and Rohit Sharma (209, 264). Chris Gayle made the 5th ODI double-century. (Photo Source: Getty Images) # Chris Gayle now has the highest score in ODI for West Indies. He beat the previous record of Sir Viv Richards. Richards score 189* against England in 1984. Chris Gayle made the 5th ODI double-century. (Photo Source: AFP ) # Today Chris Gayle also scored the highest individual score in World cup. the previous best was 188* by Gary Kirsten against UAE in 1996 World cup. Gary Kirsten scored the World cup’s 2nd highest score of 188* against United Arab Emirates in their 1996 World cup clash. (Photo Source: Getty Images) # Chris Gayle hit 16 sixes in his innings equaling the record shared by AB de Villiers against West Indies in 2015 and Rohit Sharma against Australia in 2013. Ab De Villiers hit 16 sixes in his fastest century knock against West Indies. (Photo Source: Gallo Images) # Chris Gayle’s 16 sixes are also the most by a West Indian player. Previous best was 12 sixes by Xavier Marshall. Chris Gayle’s 16 Sixes, Highest by any West Indies player in an ODI Innings. (Photo Source: WICB Media/Randy Brooks ) # Chris Gayle hit 136 runs via boundaries. He hit 16 sixes and 10 fours in his innings. 136 runs by Chris Gayle today by boundaries including 10 fours and 16 sixes. (Photo Source: AFP ) # Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels made 372 runs for the second wicket in this innings. This is the highest runs partnership for any wicket in ODI beating the 331* set by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1999. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels added 372 runs for the 2nd wicket partnership. (Photo Source:ICC) # The 372 run partnership by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels also became the highest in World cup highest beating 318 runs made by the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid against Sri Lanka in 1999 World cup. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels also broke the record for highest partnership in World Cup history. (Photo Source: AFP) # Chris Gayle also hit the most sixes in a single World cup innings– 16. 16 Huge sixes by Chris Gayle today, Also the highest by any player in a single world cup innings. (Photo Source: Gallo Images) # Chris Gayle’s 200 came in just 138 balls, which is the fastest 200, beating Virender Sehwag’s record of 140 balls against West Indies in 2011. Chris Gayle scored 200 in 138 balls. (Photo Source: Getty Images) # The 215 by Chris Gayle is now the highest score by a left handed batsman in ODI cricket. The previous best was 194 runs by Saeed Anwar against India in 1997. Saeed Anwar scored 194 against India. (Photo Source : Reuters ) #Chris Gayle also completed 9000 runs in ODI cricket during his innings of 215. Chris Gayle is 2nd West Indies player to score 9000 ODI runs (Photo Source : Gallo Images) # West Indies scored 372/2 in 50 overs. This is the highest score in ODIs by any team in Australia on an Australian ground. 372/2 Highest ODI Score in Australia by West Indies today. (Photo Source:ICC) # Chris Gayle now has 414 sixes in all of international cricket (Test+ODIs+T20Is). He became the second batsman to do so after Shahid Afridi who has the most 447. Shahid Afridi has 447 sixes in Intl. Cricket career. (Photo Source: AFP) # 372/2 – By West Indies today, also scored their highest total ever in ODI cricket. Their previous best was 363/4 against New Zealand. West Indies Score 372/2 today with Chris Gayle’s Double-Ton(Photo Source: AFP) *All stats updated till 24th Feb 2015.