{"id":12983,"date":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/chris-gayle-has-made-a-massive-claim-about-himself\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","slug":"chris-gayle-has-made-a-massive-claim-about-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/chris-gayle-has-made-a-massive-claim-about-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Gayle Has Made A MASSIVE Claim About Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Master blaster Chris Gayle has made a huge call after smashing 146 not out off 69 balls in the Bangladesh Premier League T20 final.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"976\" width=\"880\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chris-gayle.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Asked later whether he considered himself the Don Bradman of T20s, Gayle reportedly said:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cNo, I am actually the greatest batsman of all time.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Records reached in Gayle\u2019s amazing innings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Most sixes in a T20 innings (18)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Highest score in a T20 final (146*)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Highest partnership in a T20 final (201)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First player to reach 20 T20 centuries<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; First player to reach 11,000 T20 runs<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Gayle is asked if he considers himself Bradman of T20s or the greatest T20 batsman. <br><br>\u201cNo, I am actually the greatest batsman of all time,\u201d he replies.<\/p>&mdash; Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MazherArshad\/status\/940620599532986368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master blaster Chris Gayle has made a huge call after smashing 146 not out off 69 balls in the Bangladesh Premier League T20 final. 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