Chasing Englands competitive 182 for two, West Indies reached 183 runs by losing four wickets with 11 balls to spare.
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All-rounder Andre Russell, who dismissed both Roy and Root, and Bravo picked up two wickets each for the Windies.
Once the 36-year-old maestro found his groove there was no chance of applying the brakes and Morgan rotated his attack in vain as the ball repeatedly cleared the ropes.
Apart from breaking the tournament’s fastest century record, Gayle now holds the record for most sixes in a World T20 innings (11, joining his 50-over World Cup record of 16) and the most sixes in global Twenty20 cricket (98, beating Brendon McCullum’s 91).
Not many players over the years have been compared to Viv Richards but Chris Gayle’s ability to destroy opposition attacks puts him right up there with the batting great, according to West Indies coach Phil Simmons.
England’s 182 for six, built around 48 from Joe Root, had looked to be a decent score.
Marlon Samuels (37) took the early lead of smashing the England bowling, while Gayle took his time to settle down.
Gayle did not get much of the strike in the beginning.
“It was a fantastic innings and I’m really happy to have finished the game, I didn’t leave it for anyone”, he added.
I guess they feel that Reece Topley and David Willey are most likely to take wickets when the ball swings in the first couple of overs which is why they did not open with a spinner.
Pakistans two left-arm spinners shared six wickets, with Anam Amin returning with excellent figures of four wickets for 16 runs from four overs and Sadia Yousuf taking two for 14.
“Sulieman said to me I had to go out and entertain him, that gave me the spark”, the Jamaican said.
“There were a number of plans…but (Gayle) has a huge ability to take down any one of our bowlers in one over”.
While England lack experience, West Indies are not short in that department. He cashed in with a sprightly 30 from 20 balls, including three sixes, on the ground where he will soon represent Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
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They have now lost all four of their World T20 matches against the islanders and already face the possibility of a group stage exit. “We look at all our games as must win but certainly the next one will be”, Morgan said.
