Gayle Chris Gayle is a well-known Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the national cricket team of West Indies. His full name is Christopher Henry Gayle. He is known as one of the strongest ball-hitters of the modern-day limited-overs formats of the game. Right from the start of his career, he has made many records to his name on the International level. Besides being a batsman he is also a handy bowler for his team who has taken over 200 international wickets. He is one of the most loved cricketers and greatest batsman in the world.
Chris Gayle was born into a poor class Christian family on September 21, 1979, in Kingston, Jamaica. His father’s name is Dudley Gayle who worked as a policeman and mother name is Hazel Gayle, she used to sell peanuts and snacks. He has 5 siblings, two of them are Vanclive Parris and Wayne Gayle. He shares a close bond with his family and often shares amazing pictures with them on social media.
Chris Gayle is married to his longtime girlfriend Natasha Berridge. She is a fashion designer by profession. After dating for a long period of time, they both got married on 31 st May 2009. The couple is madly in love with each other and often shares pictures on their Instagram account. They have a daughter whose name is Blush.
Chris Gayle Wiki/Bio
| Birth Name | Christopher Henry Gayle |
| Nick Name | Universe Boss, World Boss |
| Age | (as in 2023) 44 Years |
| International Debut | Test: vs Zimbabwe on 16 March 2000 ODI: vs India on 11 September 1998 T20: vs New Zealand on 16 February 2016 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
| Birth Place | Kingston Jamaica |
| Date of Birth | 21 September 1979 |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Residence | Not Known |
| Home Town | Kingston Jamaica |
| Hobbies | Travelling, Dancing, Party freak |
| Jersey Number | #45 (WI) #333 (IPL) |
| Domestic/State Team | • Jamaica • Kolkata Knight Riders • Western Australia • Royal Challengers Bangalore • Sydney Thunder • Matabeleland Tuskers • Dhaka Gladiators • Highveld Lions • Kings XI Punjab • Karachi Kings • Nevis Patriots • Melbourne Renegades |
Family |
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| Mother’s Name | Hazel Gayle |
| Father’s Name | Dudley Gayle |
| Brother | Vanclive Parris Wayne Gayle (Younger) |
| Sister | Not Known |
Girlfriends/Affairs |
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| Affairs/Girlfriends | Natasha Berridge |
Marital Status, Wife and Children |
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| Wife/Spouse | Natasha Berridge |
| Marriage Date | 31 May 2009 |
| Children | Kris-Allyna Gayle |
Education |
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| School | Excelsior High School |
| College/University | Not Known |
| Educational Qualification | Not Known |
| Profession | Cricketer |
| Brands Endorsed | • Attitude.com • Spartan Sports • Jio • Royal Stag |
| Career Manager | Not Known |
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements |
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| Height (Approx.) | in Centimeters- 188 cm in Meters- 1.88 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 2” |
| Weight (Approx.) | in Kilograms- 98 kg in Pounds- 216 lbs |
Figure Measurements |
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| Chest Size | 44 inches |
| Biceps Size | 15 inches |
| Waist Size | 34 inches |
Extra Ordinary Features |
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| Race / Ethnicity | Jamaican |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Black |
| S*xual Orientation | Straight |
| Dress Size | Not Known |
| Shoe Size | Not Known |
Favourite Things |
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| Favourite Food | Sea Food, Ackee and Salt Fish |
| Favourite Actors | Not Known |
| Favourite Colors | Not Known |
| Favourite Player | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Controversies | Not Known |
Favourite Things |
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| Cars Collection | Mercedes – GL 63 AMG, Land Cruiser |
Life Journey
Chris Gayle received his schooling from Excelsior High School, Jamaica. He did not attend College. Later, he joined Lucas Cricket Academy in Kingston.
Gayle started playing cricket as a kid at the Lucas Cricket Club in his hometown, Kingston. He played for the youth teams in Jamaica before making his international debut. He did not have to fight it out hard at the domestic level as he made his international debut just 11 months after making his First-Class debut for Jamaica.
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However, he made his way back into domestic cricket in 2006, where he joined the English county Worcestershire to play in the County Championship season. He played three First Class games and five one-dayers. He scored four half-centuries in 8 matches.
Chris Gayle Net Worth
Chris Gayle is one of the most prominent cricketers that West Indies has ever produced and hence, he is one of the richest cricketers in his country. In fact, with a net worth of about $45 million, Chris Gayle is the ninth richest cricketer in the World.
| Estimated Net Worth in 2023 (Approx) | $45 million |
| Estimated Net Worth in 2022 (Approx) | $25 million |
| Estimated Net Worth in 2021 (Approx) | Under Review |
| Annual Salary | $3 million + |
| Income Source | Cricketer |
Chris Gayle is associated with the West Indies cricket board, and he receives a yearly salary of $300000 as a part of his annual contract. Also, Chris Gayle gets a huge salary as a part of his contracts in the different cricket leagues he is a part of. For example, he gets $280000 per year for his presence in the Indian Premier League.
Also, Chris Gayle has contracts worth about $100000 each for his franchises in the Pakistan Super League (Multan Sultans), Afghanistan Premier League (Balkh Legends), and Global T20 (Vancouver Knights).
Chris Gayle lives in his 3-storeyed mansion in Kinston, Jamaica which is his home country. The mansion is worth $2.5 million and has multiple swimming pools, a sports zone, a gaming zone, a bar, and a restaurant. Chris Gayle is well known to hold his parties in this mansion after his matches in the Caribbean Premier League.
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Career
International Career
A 19-year-old Chris Gayle made his international debut in an ODI against the Indian Cricket Team at Toronto in Canada on 10 September 1999. He scored just 1 run batting at No. 4. He also bowled 6 overs that fetched 37 runs out of the 165 that India scored for victory.
Six months later, he played his first-ever Test match against Zimbabwe in Trinidad that started on 15 March 2000. He scored 33 in the first innings and a golden duck in the second. Gayle also picked up figures of 3/25 in the first innings. The home side eventually won the contest by 35 runs.
He made a name for himself in 2002 when he registered three centuries against India and joined the greats like Sir Vivian Richards and Brian Lara to the list of West Indians with more than 1,000 international runs in a calendar year. He then had an ordinary couple of years before 2005.
In 2005, he was picked to play the Test matches against South Africa. In the fourth Test, he scored his maiden triple century (317) to save the game and recorded the highest individual score against the South African cricket team at that time. However, his career was threatened after he had a few heart problems in the series that followed. He was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect causing a cardiac dysrhythmia. But given how strong the man he is mentally and physically, he came back to Test cricket soon and became only the fourth West Indian to carry his bat in a Test inning.
Gayle made his T20I debut against New Zealand on 16 February 2006 at Eden Park in Auckland. He opened the innings and scored just 10 runs off 12 balls. He returned with figures of 2/22 in his 4 overs. Interestingly, both sides could manage only 126 runs and the result was obtained after a ‘bowl-out’. The hosts won the game.
He then participated in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 and made the tournament his own. He scored 150 runs more than any other batsman in the tournament and became the highest run-getter in the competition with 474 runs under his belt. Gayle also took 8 wickets in the series and was awarded the ‘Man of the Tournament’ award.
The Jamaican could not continue his form in the ICC ODI World Cup 2007 that followed. However, he was once again at his best when the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup was played a few months later. He recorded the first-ever T20 international hundred in the tournament. Thus, he became the first cricketer to score centuries in three different formats at the international level.
He was made captain of the West Indies side in the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 after getting criticized for playing in the IPL 2008 and missing an international series a few months before. Gayle scored a quickfire 88 in the opening game of the tournament and helped the Windies beat the mighty Australians. They lost in the semi-final to Sri Lanka.
In December 2009, he scored a 70-ball century in a Test match against Australia, which was the fifth-fastest Test century at that time. Eleven months later, he registered another triple century (333) and became just the fourth cricketer to score two triple centuries in Test cricket after Sir Donald Bradman, Brian Lara, and Virender Sehwag.
He also led West Indies in the 2010 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. Another major point in his career came in the ICC T20 World Cup 2012. He scored a blazing knock of 75 runs against Australia in the semi-final of the tournament to power the Windies into the final. Gayle’s 75 was the highest individual score of the competition. The ‘Men in Maroon’ went on to win the coveted trophy for the first time 2 days later.
He was selected to play the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in England. He was West Indies’s highest run-getter in the tournament with 96 runs in 3 innings. Fast forward to ICC T20 World Cup 2014, Chris Gayle was once again the leading run-getter for West Indies with 143 runs in 5 innings.
The ICC ODI World Cup 2015 was his fourth consecutive ICC ODI World Cup. The ‘legend’ was once again the leading run-getter in the tournament. He scored 340 runs in 6 innings. He scored his maiden ODI double hundred in this competition and became the first cricketer to do so in a World Cup. In the same innings, he shared a 372-run partnership with Marlon Samuels, which is the highest partnership in a World Cup game to date.
Gayle was once again a part of a successful campaign for West Indies in the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 where they became the first team to win the title twice. Gayle scored 113 runs in 4 innings.
The Jamaican played his fifth consecutive ICC ODI World Cup in 2019. He had announced before the start of the tournament that he will retire from ODI cricket as soon as the competition gets over. He managed to score only 242 runs in 8 games and then all of a sudden decided to continue his ODI career. In the World Cup, he became the most capped player for West Indies with 455 appearances in international cricket.
He decided to take a break from cricket for a while in December 2019. His return date is unknown.
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T20 Leagues Career
The hard-hitting batsman was signed by the Western Australia Warriors for the inaugural edition of the Big Bash League in 2009/10. The same year, he was also picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders to play in the second edition of the Indian Premier League. He had quite ordinary two seasons with them before switching to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011.
The switch proved to be quite beneficial for him as he emerged as the highest run-getter in the tournament with 608 runs to his name with 2 hundred and 3 fifties. He also hit the most number of sixes that season. Gayle hit 44 sixes while the second name on the list, MS Dhoni, had hit just 23 even after playing 4 more innings. He received five ‘Man of the Match’ awards in the season and was also named the ‘Most Valuable Player’ of IPL 2011.
In the BBL, he moved to Sydney Thunder for the following season. He was the highest run-getter in the series with 293 runs including a century. Then, he participated in the Bangladesh Premier League playing for the Barisal Burners and scored two centuries in the season.
He continued his exemplary form in the 2012 edition of the IPL as well. Gayle scored 733 runs in 14 matches and became the first cricketer to win two IPL Orange Caps. He won it in consecutive seasons. He also scored the maximum number of sixes (59) in the season once again. However, his best individual performance in T20 history came in the following season.
Chris Gayle’s highest score in IPL and in T20 cricket came against Pune Warriors India on 23 April 2013 when he scored 175 not out in just 66 balls. He broke multiple records in the innings including the fastest century in any form of competitive cricket (30 balls) and then the most number of sixes in a T20 inning (17). To add to it, he also took 2 wickets in the match.
He had fairly ordinary seasons of T20 cricket till 2016. He played for the Adelaide Striker in the Big Bash League in 2016 and equaled Yuvraj Singh’s record of the fastest fifty in T20 cricket (12 balls). The same year, he played for the Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League and managed only 103 runs in 5 matches. The following year, he played for the Karachi Kings and managed only 160 runs in 9 games.
In April 2017, Christopher Henry Gayle became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He had a turnaround year in IPL 2018 when the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) snapped him for his base price of INR 2 crore after being snubbed by his previous franchise all of a sudden. He scored 368 runs in 2018 and 490 runs in 2019 for KXIP.
Chris Gayle Records
Domestic or T20 League Records
- Highest run-getter in T20 cricket (13,152* runs)
- Gayle is the highest run-getter in IPL 2011 (608 runs)
- Highest run-getter in IPL 2012 (733 runs)
- Chris Gayle 175 in IPL is the highest individual score in T20 cricket
- Has scored the fastest century in T20 cricket (30 balls vs Pune Warriors India)
- Most sixes in an innings in T20 cricket (18 vs Dynamites)
- Has equaled the record for fastest fifty in T20 cricket (12 balls vs Adelaide Strikers)
- Only batsman to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket
- First batsman to hit 100 T20I sixes
- Has most centuries in T20 cricket (22)
- Gayle has most centuries in IPL cricket (6)
- Has the highest individual score in a losing cause in T20 cricket (151* vs Kent)
International Records
- Most capped player for West Indies (461* matches)
- The only cricketer to have scored a triple century in Tests, a double century in ODIs, and a century in T20Is
- Highest run-getter for West Indies in ODIs (10,425*)
- Gayle is the Highest run-getter for West Indies in T20Is (1,627*)
- Highest run-getter in ICC Champions Trophy 2006 (474 runs)
- Scored the first-ever T20I hundred and became the first player to score hundreds in all three formats
- Fourth cricketer to score two Test triple hundreds
- First cricketer to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match
- Only West Indian to score a double hundred in ODIs (215 vs Zimbabwe)
- Has scored the fastest double century in ODIs (138 balls)
- First cricketer to score a double hundred in the ODI World Cup (215 vs Zimbabwe)
- Involved in the highest partnership in World Cups (372 with Marlon Samuels vs Zimbabwe)
- Has hit most sixes in World Cup history (49*)
- Gayle hit most sixes for West Indies in Test cricket (98*)
- Has played the most number of World Cup matches for West Indies (35*)
- The only player to have hit centuries in ICC U19 World Cup, ICC World Twenty20, ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, and in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
- Has scored the fastest ODI fifty for West Indies (19 balls)
- Highest run-getter in ICC Champions Trophy (791* runs)
- Has hit the most number of sixes in international cricket (534*)
Facts About Chris Gayle
- At the age of 19, he made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1998/99. In the same year, he also made his List A debut as well.
- On 11th September 1999, he made his ODI debut against India. Then in 2000, he made a test debut on 16th March against Zimbabwe and Twenty 20 debut on 16th February 2006.
- Initially, his International career didn’t go well as till the year 2000, he could score only 1 century in his career and was named in the list of average players.
- Though in 2002, his fortune changed completely and he made 2,013 runs in International cricket including 4 centuries & 14 half-centuries.
- His career has many ups and downs due to many reasons. One of the reasons was his health. There was a time when he retired hurt due to his health issues and had to undergo an operation as well.
- After recovering, he came back to cricket. Then in 2012, he became the first cricketer in the history of test who hit the first ball for a six in the Test match.
- In April 2008, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premium League but later he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Till now, he has been associated and represented many teams including WI, KKR, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Western Australia, Matabeleland Tuskers, Worcestershire, ICC World XI, and a few more.
- He loves partying hard and likes to cherish his every moment. Not only off the ground, he even celebrates his victory on the ground.
FAQs
There are many reasons for knowing him as a Universe boss. First, Chris Gayle has scored a mammoth 11,737 runs in the T20 format, a record that will remain unbeaten for years to come. He has scored the highest number of centuries (21) in the format and the most number of the fifties (71). Another one of his records; he is one of four batsmen to have scored two Test triple hundreds, his top score being 333.
Fitness could be one of the major reasons. No doubt Chris Gayle can single-handedly win matches on his day, however, his fitness has been going down over the years. Money could be the another reason. Retention was a process where both team management and the player have to come on a mutual understanding of being retained as well as the fees for being retained. For e.g RCB offered Virat Kohli Rs. 18 crores for retaining him whereas they offered Rs. 1.5 Cr for retaining Sarfaraz Khan. Might be Chris Gayle was asking more than what RCB could afford.
There is a lot of difference between Rohit Sharma and Chris Gayle. As you know Chris Gayle is much of a power hitter and a slogger, he easily hits boundaries and sixes. But power is not always the strength to play long innings and thus he gets out really quickly many times and not able to stand for a long. Now considering Rohit Sharma, he is a more classy player with power embedded in him as a natural strength. He adapts to the situation and plays according to it. Rohit does not get out as quickly. He uses his brain to get a great effect on his innings.
