Windies batsman Chris Gayle will turn 40 next month, but that didn’t stop the ‘Universe Boss’ from achieving a new milestone. In the second ODI against India💖, the left-hander became the first West Indies cricketer to play 300 ODI🥀s.
Interestingly, Gayle made his ODI debut agaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚinst India on 11 September 19👍99.
Ahead of the match, Gayle said, “It’s a very special day. I must give thanks to the almighty to actually reach this far and to the fans for the support through the years, it’s been fantastic.”
“Hopefully I can make it a special one today for the fans. 300 ODIs, from a personal point of view as well I want to make it a special one. I’m grateful, but it will be more important to get a win as well and go one up as well.“, he added.
The Universe Boss had this to say ahead of his 300th ODI 🦄match for the West Ind🔥ies!��🏏🔽
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Gayle missed the T20I series against India due to his prior commitments for the Global T20 Canada 2019, leading the Vancouver Knights team.