Chris Gayle, who is popularly known as the ‘Universe Boss’, is a bonafide legend of the game and his records speak for themselves.
Among several records he holds, there is one record which seems unbreakable. Gayle holds the world record of the highest individual score in T20 format, 175* (66), when he destroyed the Pune Warriors India’s bowling attack in IPL 2013.
Many have tipped the likes of Jos Buttler and Suryakumar Yadav to break that. However, In an interaction with JioCinema on ‘Legend Speak’, Gayle picked KL Rahul as the batsman who could break this record of him.
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“For one I think KL Rahul! On his day, he can do it. I don’t think he believes in his ability to get that big score but listen to me, we all have seen KL Rahul on the go and if he decided to bat like that sometimes, if not most times which I’d love to see, he definitely can get that. Because when he gets from 15th to the 20th [over], he is very dangerous down there at the death as well, batting-wise. If he gets a good start and gets a big hundred he can definitely get past 175,” Gayle said.
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Rahul holds the record of highest score by an Indian batter in the IPL. He scored 132* runs against his former franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) while playing for the then Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in 2020.