Brandon King Enters Exclusive T20I Club, Surpasses Chris Gayle's Mark

King also entered the West Indies record books as he's now the 3rd batter in the country's history to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket. The mark came as West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to kick off the 3-match T20I series.

 

King reached the landmark during an onslaught, as he hammered Sri Lanka for 37 from only 22 deliveries to help West Indies' comfortably chase down their target to take a 1-0 series lead. The moment also came as King surpassed the mark previously set by former West Indies legend Chris Gayle.

 

King Joins Prestigious West Indies Club

 

It's a long list of fantastic batters who have played T20 international cricket, and Chris Gayle still sits on top of many of those. As the former West Indies opener, he hit for 1,899 runs in 79 T20Is including 2 tons and 14 half-tons. He was close but fell short of scoring 2000 international T20I runs and King's accomplished that feat by joining this elite West Indies club.

 

Windies Cricket posted a celebration of this feat to social media.

 

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"A major milestone for BK!

 

Only the third West Indian to register 2000 runs in T20Is."

 

Two West Indies batters are currently ranked higher on the all-time T20I run charts. Nicholas Pooran is 1st with 2,275 runs across 106 matches and the now-retired Rovman Powell is 2nd with 2,271 runs across 118 matches. But King has plenty of time to pass them both and still has his years of international T20 cricket ahead of him.

 

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West Indies Start Series Strong Against Sri Lanka

 

The milestone came as the West Indies produced a dominating performance against Sri Lanka during the 1st T20I.

 

Bowling first they did an admirable job of restricting the Sri Lanka batters to 147 runs,led by their fantastic performance from the likes of Jason Holder

and Shamar Joseph. Chasing Sri Lanka's total never looked in doubt as Brandon King and skipper Shai Hope set the tone at the top with a 67-run opening partnership that put the Sri Lanka bowlers on the back foot early on. They kept that rhythm and completed the chase with 7 wickets still remaining.

 

This was an excellent performance to make up for their disappointing series of ODIs against Sri Lanka, and the momentum will no doubt be carried into the 2nd T20I on June 13, where if the West Indies manage to win the match they will clinch the 3-game series. But even before this series began it was a memorable start for Brandon King

as he now sits on 2,000 career international T20i runs passing former West Indies great Chris Gayle.