The match 15 of the ongoing Cricket World Cup was lightened up by Chris Gayle as the Carribean superstar returned to his best from an extended bad patch. Riding on the left hander's ton, the Windies posted 372/2. Zimbabwe gave a tough fight before being bowled out for 289 in the 45th over.
Here is the list of outstanding records from the match.
1 - Chris Gayle became the first non-Indian to score a double century in ODIs and the first to do so outside the subcontinent. Also, the 35-year-old is the first to achieve the feat in a World Cup match.
6 - The player became only the sixth player to achieve the double of 9000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs.
16 - Sixes hit by the southpaw during his marathon innings, equalizing the world record for the most sixes in an innings, joining Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.
22 - Today's innings was the 22nd ODI ton for Gayle, going on level terms with Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli in the list of batsmen with most ODI hundreds.
138 - Balls consumed by Chris Gayle to reach his double ton; the fastest double hundred in one-day matches.
215 - Gayle's 215 is now the highest individual score by a West Indies player in the 50-over format.
298 - Balls faced for the second wicket partnership by the Caribbean pair of Marlon Samuels and Gayle, easily the most for a partnership in ODIs.
372 - Runs scored for the 2nd wicket partnership, smashing the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs, surpassing 331 set by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid vs New Zealand in 1999.
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