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Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle

West Indies·Batsman

The Universe Boss — cricket's biggest entertainer whose 'Don't blush baby' interview and record-breaking sixes made him a polarizing figure.

5 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

😂Moderate

Chris Gayle's 'Don't Blush Baby' Interview

Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes

2016-01-04

Chris Gayle awkwardly flirted with reporter Mel McLaughlin during a live pitch-side interview, telling her 'don't blush baby.'

#chris-gayle#interview#bbl
Serious

Carlos Brathwaite's Four Sixes — West Indies Win 2016 T20 World Cup

West Indies vs England

2016-04-03

West Indies needed 19 off the last over. Carlos Brathwaite hit Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes to win the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup — the greatest single-over comeback in World Cup history.

#carlos-brathwaite#2016-t20-world-cup#west-indies
Serious

Rohit Sharma's Three ODI Double Centuries — An Unrepeatable Achievement

India vs various

2016-10-13

Rohit Sharma is the only batsman in history to have scored three double centuries in ODI cricket — 209 vs Australia (2013), 264 vs Sri Lanka (2014), and 208* vs Sri Lanka (2016) — an achievement so statistically remote that no other player has scored more than one.

#rohit-sharma#three-double-centuries#odi
Serious

Martin Guptill's 237 Not Out — The Highest ODI Score in a World Cup

New Zealand vs West Indies

2015-03-21

Martin Guptill made 237 not out against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup quarter-final — the highest individual score in World Cup history and in any knockout ODI match — as New Zealand won by 143 runs to reach their first World Cup semi-final in 23 years.

#martin-guptill#237-not-out#2015-world-cup
🔥Serious

West Indies Cricket Board vs Players — The Decades-Long War

West Indies (internal)

1 June 2014

The West Indies cricket team abandoned their tour of India in 2014 over a pay dispute with the WICB, highlighting decades of conflict between the board and its players that contributed to West Indian cricket's decline.

#west indies#wicb#player dispute