It is impossible to talk about sixes in cricket without mentioning the boss of the universe, i.e. Chris Gayle. Yes, the world remembers former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle as a six-year-old more than his runs. When Chris Gayle used to hit sixes, the opposing team realized that the match was out of control. But did you know that the six hit by Chris Gayle became a disaster for his team when they lost the match they won. Now this story has become very viral on social media.
When West Indies lost because of Chris Gayle’s six
In fact, it is about 2006. The West Indies team had gone on a tour of New Zealand. This test match, which ran from 9 to 13 March, was the first match in the series and was played in Auckland. The final innings of the match was on and West Indies needed 290 runs to win. There was a 100-run partnership for the first wicket between Chris Gayle and Darren Ganga and it looked like West Indies would win the match. Meanwhile, Chris Gayle sent Daniel Vettori’s ball home for a six and from here began the problem that led to the team’s downfall.
Chris hit the ball out of the park
What happened was that the six that Chris Gayle hit was so long that the ball came out of the stands and was lost. In such a case, the umpires had to call for a new ball, but they did not have an old enough ball to replace the lost ball. In such a situation, the umpires take the ball and repeatedly hit it on the cobblestone pitch until it is old. Now with age, this ball has become a nuisance for West Indies.
The new ball began to swing back.
Then, what happened was that after some time, as soon as the ball reached the hand of New Zealand bowler Shane Bond, it suddenly swung in reverse and the ball started to reverse swing tremendously, and West Indies, who were once playing at 148 without loss, were bowled out for 263 runs while chasing 290 runs. New Zealand won the match by 27 runs and Shane Bond took 5 wickets in the second innings. After winning the match, Shane Bond said… “The turning point in the match was when Chris Gayle hit the ball off the stands, we got the new ball and it went into reverse swing. We made full use of it and won the match.”
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Assign your own field team, users said
Now this funny story is becoming increasingly viral on social media, with social media users giving different kinds of reactions. One user wrote… In this match the referee should be awarded the man of the match. Another user wrote… This is why playing a test match is said to be a test. So another user wrote…Chris Gayle came up with his own team formation.
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