Chris Gayle breaks his own T20 sixes record in Bangladesh Premier League

Chris Gayle has broken the record for the most sixes in a Twenty20 match by smashing 18 of them in a score of 146 not out for the Rangpur Riders against Dhaka Dynamites in the Bangladesh Premier League final.

The Windies batsman, who hit an unbeaten 126 last week, beat his previous record of 17 sixes, set when playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in 2008.

Gayle's 146 came off just 69 deliveries, and also contained five fours as he helped the Riders to a total of 206-1 off their 20 overs, which they defended with ease, winning by 57 runs.

After the early dismissal of Johnson Charles, Gayle and Brendon McCullum began enjoying themselves and the left-hander clubbed four consecutive maximums over the course of two overs before bringing up his 20th T20 century in the next over.

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He ended the innings in style, clearing the ropes seven times off his last 11 balls, including three off the last over from the Bangladesh Test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan.

Gayle's name is already etched into the T20 record books, with the most centuries, most career runs and the highest individual score - an unbeaten 175 in 2013.

The 38-year-old also has the record for the fastest century, coming off 30 balls, and the joint-record for the fastest half-century from only 12 deliveries.