Gayle 12 ball fifty to equal world record of Yuvraj Singh – essentiallysports.com

Published 01/18/2016, 9:18 AM EST

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle smashed fifty from 12 balls.The Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League on Monday to match. India’s Yuvraj Singh’s record for the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket.

Gayle 12 ball fifty:

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Left-hander Yuvraj achieved the feat against England at the inaugural World Twenty 20 in 2007 in South Africa,smashing fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in one over.

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Opening batsman Gayle plundered 21-year-old Adelaide Strikers bowler Greg West playing his second T20 match.

His seventh maximum took Gayle past his half-century as he deposited spinner Travis Head over the long-on boundary.

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Head dismissed him five deliveries later for 17-ball 56 with Gayle caught by wicketkeeper Ludeman.

(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Ed Osmond)

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