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Chris Gayle

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Christopher Henry Gayle OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies from 1999 to 2021. Gayle is widely regarded as the greatest Twenty20 batsman in the history of Cricket. He played a crucial role in the West Indies teams that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20. He has set numerous records across all three formats of the game. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Chris Gayle is the 50th most popular cricketer (down from 31st in 2024), the 139th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 104th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Chris Gayle ranks 50 out of 136Before her are Alastair Cook, Wasim Akram, David Miller, Shahid Afridi, Virender Sehwag, and Mithali Raj. After her are Diana Edulji, Shakib Al Hasan, Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar Pujara, Steve Waugh, and Adam Gilchrist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Chris Gayle ranks 1,134Before her are Anita Pádár, Amazon Eve, Kristina Anapau, Zhou Suhong, Yury Patrikeyev, and Josu Sarriegi. After her are Chad Michael Collins, Igor Mitreski, Naif Al-Qadi, Arman Karamyan, Carlos Pérez, and Juan Calatayud.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Chris Gayle ranks 139 out of 189Before her are Buju Banton (1973), Claudia Rankine (1963), Christopher Williams (1972), Winthrop Graham (1965), Michelle Burgher (1977), and Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby (1986). After her are Robin Fraser (1966), Musashi Suzuki (1994), Brigitte Foster-Hylton (1974), Aaron Lawrence (1970), Nickel Ashmeade (1990), and Bounty Killer (1972).

Among CRICKETERS In Jamaica

Among cricketers born in Jamaica, Chris Gayle ranks 1After her are Courtney Walsh (1962).