Chris Gayle

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chris Gayle

• Does Chris Gayle smoke?: Yes

  

• Does Chris Gayle drink alcohol?: Yes

  

• When Gayle was in his teen ages, his friends used to call him “crampy” due to his laziness.

  

• After 10th standard, he joined Lucas Cricket Academy. Once Chris Gayle said,

“If it was not for Lucas I don’t know where I would be today. Maybe on the streets.” ^[1]Web.Archive

• Once he suffered from an irregular heartbeat problem when he was playing in India in his early career, after which an operation was done to resolve the issue. According to Gayle, “Heart surgery was a life-changing moment for me.” ^[2]Indian Express

• He once scored 196 runs in a T20 trial match, he got out in 15th over.

• In Big Bash 2016, Gayle said ‘Don’t blush, baby’ to an Australian reporter, Mel McLaughlin on live TV. Gayle was caught up in a huge controversy for doing that, later he apologized and said he said that in a humorous way.

• He owns “Triple Century Sports Bar“, a sports bar & restaurant in Kingston, Jamaica.

  

• He opened “The Chris Gayle Academies” in Jamaica and London to provide education, training, and employment for needy ones.

• Chris Gayle published his autobiography, Six Machine, on 2 June 2016.

  

• He loves partying and is well-known for his CPL T20 parties at his house.