Chris Gayle’s 2 Maharikord on the verge of breakdown, Rowman Powell can create history against Australia in the first T20I
West Indies vs Australia 1st T20I: West Indies explosive batsman Rowman Powell will have a chance to make special records in the first T20 International match against Australia at Sabina Park in Jamaica. The match will start at 5.30 am on Monday (July 21) according to Indian time.
Chance to beat Chris Gayle
Powle has so far scored 1875 runs in 83 innings of 95 T20 International matches. If he scored 25 runs in the first match, Chris will beat Chris Gayle in the list of players who have scored the most T20 International runs for the West Indies.
Gayle’s name has 1899 runs in 75 innings of 79 matches in this format. Former batsman Nicholas Puran holds number one with 2275 runs.
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If Powell is able to hit 2 sixes, then Chris will leave behind Chris Gayle in the list of players who hit the most sixes in T20 International cricket for the West Indies. Powell has so far hit 123 sixes, while Gayle has 124 sixes.
The highest sixes in T20 International for West Indies
Nicholas Puran- 149 sixes
Evin Lewis- 136 sixes
Chris Gayle -124 sixes
Rowman Powell- 123 sixes
On the other hand, if he manages to hit five sixes, then as a West Indies cricketer T20, Dwayne will overtake Dwayne Bravo (335 sixes) in the list of players who hit the most sixes. He has hit 331 sixes in this format so far.
West Indies team for T20 series against Australia
Shai Hope (captain and wicketkeeper), Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Rowman Powell, Sherfen Rutherford, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Gudkesh Moti, Andre Russell, Rowmaro Shepherd, Jweel Andrew, Matthew Ford. Akil Hussain, Aljari Joseph and Zediah Blades.
