Chris Gayle, playing his debut game this IPL season, smashed 63 off 22 balls to lay the foundation of KXIP's narrow win over Chennai Super Kings.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller by four runs to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Mohali, on Sunday.

Gayle did not play KXIP's last match against Delhi Daredevils. Hopefully, the team can also tackle KL Rahul who is in fantastic form and knows the conditions here pretty well, Vettori said.

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The Jamaican dasher went unsold twice at the IPl player auction earlier this year before being lapped by up Kings XI Punjab at a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Gayle joined Hashim Amla and Sachin Tendulkar as only the third batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score centuries against 11 different countries.

In a practice session, Gayle caught and bowled Russell and celebrated in Punjabi style, saying "Burrah".

Gayle has the fastest T20 century to his name, off 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Pune Warriors in 2013.

The base price of the 38-year-old veteran, who was earlier associated with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), was set at Rs 2 crore.

The 38-year-old Gayle scored only 38 runs in four innings on the West Indies' disastrous tour to New Zealand which ended Wednesday with a 119-run loss in the third Twenty20 international.

The left-handed batsman scored just 22 runs in the first ODI match at Whangarei and did not field during New Zealand's innings.

Gayle smashed 18 sixes the most in a Twenty20 innings on his way to an unbeaten 146 runs off just 69 balls as Rangpur defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 57 runs.

The former Test captain also announced that he will reveal about his court days and how he was used as a scapegoat.

Gayle has won his defamation case against an Australian media organization which published reports that the player indecently exposed himself to a woman in a dressing room after a practice session during the 2015 World Cup.

Giving evidence on Monday in the New South Wales state Supreme Court, Gayle said the allegations were "the most hurtful thing I've come across in my entire life."

The Jamaican power-hitter added yet another badge of honour to his already illustrious jersey when he became the first batsman in the world to complete a century of sixes in Twenty20 Internationals.

Gayle's innings on Saturday against England during the one-off T20I was a reminder for the cricket fraternity across the world that the 37-year-old Jamaican has lost none of his power at the crease.

In the list of hitting the most number of maximums in T20Is, the sturdy Jamaican is followed by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (91 sixes) and Australia’s Shane Watson (83 sixes).

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Gayle also said big names like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are owing teams post-retirement because they want to foray into the world of business.