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The weather predictions for last night seemed quite in the favour Sunrisers Hyderabad, with their impressive battalion of bowlers with an economy rate of less than eight per over. But uprooting this advantage was the formidable power of what cricket fans have come to know as the Gaylestorm! Last night’s KXIPvSRH was like an episode of Game of Thrones, where after waiting for a couple of seasons, Winter finally came for Christopher Henry Gayle’s fans!
At Mohali yesterday, 38-year-old Chris Gayle smashed a 104 off 63 balls, powering his new team, KXIP, to a win against SRH by 15 runs!
He began the innings, opening with Lokesh Rahul, got Sunriser’s Rashid Khan to conceded 55 runs in 4 overs, and stayed till the end, helping KXIP put 193-3 on the scoreboard. Man oh man!
He came. He saw. He conquered. #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/rDscYq7cIp
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 19, 2018
Gayle becomes the first player to hit a century in Season 11 of IPL. Despite playing only 2 innings so far, he has already managed to become the third highest run scored for the season.
Celebrations galore erupted in the stands amongst berserk KXIP fans! Even team owner Preity Zinta and teammate Yuvraj Singh couldn’t contain their joy!
You absolutely cannot miss Yuvraj celebrating Gayle in the Gayle-est way possible—Gangnam Style!
Congratulations @henrygayle Just Awesome..#SRHvKXIP @IPL 100 runs in 58 balls pic.twitter.com/EMri9dtzRD
— Mohammad shawon (@shawon841) April 19, 2018
Twitter erupted. No really, after his less-than-satisfying performance in the previous seasons, fans were dying for a glimpse of Gayle’s devastating batting skills. And when they got it, oh boy, they couldn’t rein in the adulation!
All hail the Universe Boss!
1. Viru Paji gives the best compliments!
Live ko highlights bana de , aise hain Universe Boss , @henrygayle . Yet another absolutely brilliant innings !#KXIPvSRH
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 19, 2018
2. And Viru Paji’s ‘best friend’ (don’t kill me), British journo Piers Morgan does too!
BOOM! Incredible 100 off just 58 balls by the man, the legend.. the Universe Boss @henrygayle ! 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/XwxuOrTBjb
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 19, 2018
3. You could see how tired he was towards the end, but he slogged on! That was something!
Gayle just ran 2, that too after hitting 4 sixes in a row! And that 2 says more about his motivation than the sixes #KXIPvSRH
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 19, 2018
4. A monster we love to watch in action!
Batting twenty overs and smashing it all round the park. Got really tired towards the end but still held on and finished it off. Chris Gayle is not a batsman, he's a MONSTER!
— Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites) April 19, 2018
5. Touché!
If you thought your life was hard, you haven't seen Chris Gayle take a quick single. #KXIPvSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 19, 2018
The Gaylestorm we witnessed was followed by a tweetstorm of memes and jokes!
Ye Twitter ka style hai, boss!
1. An overwhelming amount of tweets sought mock vengeance for Chris Gayle, who went unsold on Day 1 of the IPL auction. It was only on Day 2, that KXIP purchased the player at his base price of 2 crore.
That Man of the Match trophy makes for a good salve on those wounds, right?
https://twitter.com/FootballFact101/status/986999500903473152
Mere Badle Ki Aag 2.0
https://twitter.com/iJaideep_/status/987002467060563968
11 sixes and one four! That’s how show’em!
Gayle is going to hit a Six for every second of silence when his name was called at the IPL auction table. #KXIPvSRH
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) April 19, 2018
You’re damn right he won’t!
Universe Boss making sure he won't be unsold in the first round of IPL 2019. #KXIPvSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 19, 2018
*cough* Preity Zinta *cough*
sometimes what you buy at the very end of a shopping stint proves to be the most useful item #KXIPvSRH
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) April 19, 2018
And imagine, after all those shopping jokes, guess who’s laughing her way to the bank?
Meanwhile Preity Zinta's Reaction To People Who Were Laughing At Her When She Choose To Buy Unsold Chris Gayle. #KXIPvSRH #KXIPvsSRH #SRHvKXIP #UniverseBoss #GayleStorm pic.twitter.com/a4pvjBKu07
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 19, 2018
Her real feelings….
#KXIPvSRH Preety Zinta after buying Chris Gayle for just 2 cr 😂 pic.twitter.com/hoNkGZOtH1
— Sudip (@rowdymonk22) April 19, 2018
Gayle memes were the best thing on desi Twitter last night!
A six with every meme!
1. LOL!
https://twitter.com/James_Beyond/status/987000928749449217
2. SRH bowlers be like…
Bowling to Chris Gayle is like…..#KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/cRNeB8Twlk
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) April 19, 2018
3. Gayle: Beta, kaabil bano kaabil. Kaamyabi jhak maarke tumhare peechhe aayegi!
Gayle to RCB#KXIPvSRH pic.twitter.com/8VRa1Yq30O
— Now+win HMP 🌈🏳️🌈 🐵 (@Brahmeme) April 19, 2018
An honourary mention was made about RCB’s decision to drop Chris Gayle from the team….
The sheer comic genius of the Tweeple!
1. Ouch!
RCB chose Sarfaraz over Gayle. That's like choosing Tanu over Datto. pic.twitter.com/MqzvgdRo0y
— Karan Talwar (@BollywoodGandu) April 20, 2018
2. Dikha de uss launde ko!
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/987004158057132032
3. Chris Gayle = Baahubali
RCB = Bhallaladeva?
https://twitter.com/SirrrJadeja/status/986997381626396674
4. It’s okay, guys. It happens.
After watching Gayle bat…. pic.twitter.com/NUom9fJiR2
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 19, 2018
5. Hehehehehehehehehehe *awkward laughs*
Virat kohli n rcb after watching gayle's innings today 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/1lvbe2KWon
— Mask 🎭 (@Mr_LoLwa) April 19, 2018
6. Kaafi dard!
Virat Kohli right now for not retaining Gayle & KL Rahul.#KXIPvSRHpic.twitter.com/dc3SmIo8Ye
— Self Isolated Sunil (@1sInto2s) April 19, 2018
7. The best one though, came from Viru Paji, yet again!
If you don’t Then you don’t
Love me at Deserve me at
my my pic.twitter.com/lGQFHyimR0— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 19, 2018
Having being crowned the Man of the Match, Gayle dedicated his win to his daughter Crisalina, who was there in the stands, in her momma’s arms, watching her Daddy killing it!
“People thought I’m old. Nothing to prove though. Just want to earn some respect on the name. his one is dedicated to my daughter, Crisalina. It’s her birthday tomorrow. She’ll turn two and it’s her first time in India. on the name.”
What’s more Gayle reserved some cheeky gratitude for Virender Sehwag for saving the IPL by picking him!
“Virender Sehwag has saved the IPL by picking me. Sehwag said in an interview: If Chris wins you two games, we have our money’s worth. I need to have a chat with him about that!”
Sehwag was quite amused by this and even tweeted about it!
I saved the IPL by picking – @henrygayle 🤣🤣.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 19, 2018
And the grateful Gayle, acknowledged it yet again!
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) April 19, 2018
Take a bow, Universe Boss, for you’ve shown the non-believers you’ve still got it!
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