Chris Gayle already announced retirement from ODI cricket after World Cup 2019.
Big man Chris Gayle surpassed Shahid Afridi to record most number of sixes by any batsman in international cricket. Windies batsman achieved this feat while playing against England in the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday. Chris Gayle, who recently announced that he will retire from ODIs after ICC World Cup 2019, now he has 477 sixes to his name. Achieved this feat in his 444th match while Afridi had smashed 476 sixes from 524 matches. Chris Gayle has now smashed 276 sixes in ODIs, 103 sixes in T20Is and 98 maximums in the longest format of the game.
Brendon Mccullum is 3rd in the list with 398 hits over the fence, followed by Sanath Jayasuriya (352) and Rohit Sharma (349).
This month earlier, 39-year-old veteran batsman had been recalled by the Windies for the first two ODIs against England in preparation for this year's World Cup. Chris Gayle last played for the Windies during a home series against Bangladesh last July.
Big-hitting left-hander had pulled out of limited-overs series against India in October last year citing personal reasons.
Big Gayle holds the West Indian record for most ODI hundreds with 23, and is their second-leading run-scorer in the 50-over format with 9,727 runs -- trailing only Brian Lara (10,405).
Runs 215 against Zimbabwe in the 2015 World Cup also represents the highest limited-overs score by a West Indies batsman.
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