A run-machine. An incredible run-machine. Take the opinions of all the bowlers who have bowled against the Jamaican and that would be their answer.

Gayle just loves making records and he did exactly that in the first match of the inaugural T20 World cup where he scored 117 runs against South Africa and became the first batsman to reach the three-figure mark in T20 matches. After a rough patch and his spat with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the left-hander came with all guns blazing and has been a force to reckon with in the last two IPL seasons.

He has been in terrific forms in all formats of the game and just like Lasith Malinga he too guarantees entertainment. Gayle has appeared in just 23 T20I’s so far, but with a strike rate of 143 and an average of 36, Gayle can once again do wonders at the big stage.