Gayle's record-breaking ton hands Rangpur Riders maiden BPL title
Galye and McCullum added an unbeaten 201-run stand for the second wicket Chris Gayle single-handedly knocked the wind out of Dhaka Dynamites' sails and helped Rangpur Riders win the Bangladesh Premier League 2017-18 with a 57-run victory in the final at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday (December 12). Gayle smashed several records on his way to an unbeaten 146 off 69 as Riders posted 206 for 1. The absolute decimation of the bowling attack by the opener was enough for to dent the confidence of Dynamites as they could manage just 149 for 9 in response. Gayle hit 18 sixes during his innings - the most in a Twenty20 innings. He crossed the 11,000-run mark in T20s and also posted the highest individual score in a final of a T20 League. Gayle also became the only batsman to have 20 T20 centuries and crossed the 100 sixes mark in BPL. Shakib al Hasan, the Dynamites captain, will probably rue two instances in the game. He decided to s...