Chris Gayle’s record broke by Rowman Powell (photo- harry trump/getty images)
West Indies veteran batsman Chris Gayle is also known as ‘Universe Boss’ and he has made many records in international cricket while batting aggressively. Let me tell you, Chris Gayle retired from cricket in 2021. Talking about his performance, Gayle has made 1899 in 69 matches in T20 cricket playing for West Indies. He was the second highest run -scorer in T20 International for West Indies. However, his record has been broken in the fourth T20 match between Australia and West Indies. Gayle’s record of the West Indies batsman who broke his father wanted to kill him only when he was in his mother’s womb. This player is none other than Rowman Powell.
Mother made Rowman Powell a cricketer
Talking about Rowman Powell, he was born in the West Indies at the Benister District of Old Harbor of Jamaica. Rowman’s family was very poor and his mother used to do washing clothes, which led to his house. The Dhakad batsman promised his mother that he would end his family’s poverty only by playing cricket and now he has scored the second most runs in T20 International for West Indies, leaving behind Chris Gayle.
125 sixes… Rowman Powell broke Gayle’s record
Rowman Powell has scored 1925 runs in 99 T20 matches at a strike rate of 141.44. He has hit 118 fours and 125 sixes in his T20 career so far. Chris Gayle hit 124 sixes in his T20 career. He has also defeated Gayle in the case of sixes. Rowman Powell has a century and 9 half -century in his name and his best score is 107 runs. Nicholas Puran is on top of this list, who recently retired from international cricket at the age of 29. Puran has scored 2275 runs in 106 matches at a strike rate of 136.39 and Powell is only 350 runs away from him.
Australia also won the fourth match
Rowman Powell scored 28 runs in the fourth T20 match against Australia. During this innings, he left Chris Gayle behind. Earlier, in the first three matches of this series, he scored 1 run, 12 runs and 9 runs. Due to his 28 runs in the fourth T20, the West Indies batted first and scored 205 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Rowman, Sherfen Rutherford contributed 31 runs while Romario Shepherd scored 28 runs. In response, Australia won this match with three wickets. Cameron Green played a 55 -run knock out innings for the team while Josh English scored 51 runs. With this victory, Australia is ahead 4–1 in the five-match T20 series.
