The flamboyant Windies opener Chris Gayle smashed as many as five sixes against Bangladesh in the third and final One-day International (ODI) at Warner Park in St Kitts to become the batsman with the most number of sixes in International cricket. The swashbuckling West Indies batsman, who played an impressive knock of 73 runs from 66 balls equaled Pakistan superstar Shahid Afridi’s feat of an identical number of sixes.

Both the swashbuckling batsmen now have 476 sixes under their belt. Gayle achieved the feat in 443 matches while Afridi reached the mark in 524 matches. However, Chris’ power-packed knock on the top of the order failed to help West Indies clinch an ODI series win against Bangladesh — who won the series 2-1.

However, Gayle has certain chances of surpassing Afridi to become highest no. of sixes in International cricket when the West Indies take on Bangladesh in the first of three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) on August 1.

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The southpaw has played 81 matches less than Afridi in international cricket. Although, he has played five more innings on his way to the milestone. Afridi has hit 351 sixes in ODIs, 73 sixes in T20Is and 52 in Tests. On the other hand, Chris has scored 275 sixes in ODIs, 103 sixes in T20Is and 98 maximums in the longest format of the game.

Former Indian skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is fifth on the chart with 342 sixes from 504 matches.

Despite Gayle’s knock, the Windies couldn’t mage to chase down the total of 302 given by the Bangladeshi team and they not only lost the match by 18 runs but also lost the series 1-2. The hosts only managed to win the second ODI by a close margin of three runs.

Brief scores:

 Bangladesh 301 for 6 (Tamim 103, Mahmudullah 67*) defeated West Indies 283 for 6 (Rovman 74*, Gayle 73, Hope 64) by 18 runs.