Gayle powers West Indies to record chase, T20 series win

Gayle powers West Indies to record chase, T20 series win
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Summary This is highest chase ever in T20 cricket, WI chased down 232 with 4 balls, 4 wickets to spare

JOHANNESBURG: (AP) - Chris Gayle powered the West Indies to the highest score by a team batting second in Twenty20 internationals on Sunday, sealing a 2-0 series win in South Africa.

Gayle hammered 90 off 41 balls as West Indies made 236-6 in 19.2 overs to overhaul South Africa s 231-7 and win by four wickets at the Wanderers.

South Africa had set West Indies the challenge of pulling off the biggest chase in T20s, and Gayle responded with another devastating innings after he destroyed the home bowling in the first game.

He bludgeoned nine fours and seven sixes and reached 50 in 20 balls, and Marlon Samuels made 60 in a 152-run partnership with Gayle as the West Indian power hitters overshadowed Faf du Plessis  century for South Africa.

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