Chris Gayle hits first-ever World Cup double hundred - Times of India

NEW DELHI: West Indies opener Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score a double century in a World Cup innings when he reached the landmark against Zimbabwe in a Pool B clash in Canberra on Tuesday.

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The 35-year-old left-hander hit Tendai Chatara for a boundary in the 46th over of the West Indies innings to reach the mark in 138 balls.

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It was also only the fifth double century in all ODI cricket and the first by a non-Indian, with Rohit Sharma (two), Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag the only other batsmen to achieve the feat.

The West Indian coincidentally scored his double century exactly on the day when master blaster hammered first ever ODI double ton five years ago in 2010 against South Africa in Gwalior.

The Jamaican surpassed the previous World Cup best of 188 not out by South Africa's Gary Kirsten against the United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi in 1996.

The dashing southpaw also shared the record of hitting maximum sixes, 16, in an ODI innings with Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.

Gayle was involved in the world record partnership for any wicket with Marlon Samuels as the duo shared 372-run stand for the second wicket to power West Indies to 372/2 in 50 overs.

Gayle and Marlon Samuels, who scored a century himself, surpassed the 331 shared by India's Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar against New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan) in 1999.

List of top-10 knocks in ODIs

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground
Rohit Sharma	264	173	33	9	152.60	India	Sri Lanka	Kolkata
Virender Sehwag	219	149	25	7	146.97	India	West Indies	Indore
Chris Gayle	215	147	10	16	146.25	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Canberra
Rohit Sharma	209	158	12	16	132.27	India	Australia	Bangalore
Sachin Tendulkar	200*	147	25	3	136.05	India	South Africa	Gwalior
Charles Coventry	194*	156	16	7	124.35	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bulawayo
Saeed Anwar	194	146	22	5	132.87	Pakistan	India	Chennai
Viv Richards	189*	170	21	5	111.17	West Indies	England	Manchester
Martin Guptill	189*	155	19	2	121.93	New Zealand	England	Southampton

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