Gayle storm in Indian Summers.

Gayle storm in Indian Summers.

Full name Christopher Henry Gayle

Born September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 31 years 249 days

Tall and imposing at the crease, loves to carve through the covers off either foot, and has the ability to decimate the figures of even the fieriest of opening bowlers.

Gayle was initially not selected for any of the ten franchises. There was suspision over his availability for the duration of IPL 4 due to his international commitments. US$400,000 a base price for the former West Indian captain was seen as a waste. He was then dropped by the West Indies to play Pak in the Caribbean.

When Dirk Nannes,Twenty20 specialist paceman injured himself in the fourth game of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL campaign, Vijay Mallya, the owner, decided to open his wallet to replace the bowler with opening batsmen Gayle.

When Gayle arrived Bangalore were thrown to the foot of the table courtesy of three defeats from four matches. See where they now find themselves .The impact of Gayle in this dramatic turnaround is going to be a big factor in IPL5.

The puzzling Jamaican has blazed 608 runs so far from just eleven games. His haul has included two centuries and has come at a  unbelievable strike rate of 180 .He has hit 56 boundary fours and smashed 44 sixes to the joy of the crowds.It means that out of his 608 runs, 488 have come via boundaries – a whopping 80.3% of his total.

A special note to Gayle’s remarkable run-scoring feats is the 37-run over that he collected against KTK.

When you have luck or your form , you to take full advantage of it, you are often a force. And when you also happen to be Christopher Gayle, you are unstoppable one.