An unforgettable event for Chris Gayle 333 runs in Test crickets

                                 

A thrilling delayed spell from Srilankan Spin bowler Ajantha Mendis was not adequate to surpass a West Indies left-handed opener Chris Gayle triple-century on the second day of the first Test in Galle, as the West Indies opener's 333 acquired the spectators to a startling first innings total of 580 for 9 declared. Gayle fixed his glorious name in history while he has been able to become the fourth batsman after Bradman, [major Team Australia] Lara [Major team west indies] and Sehwag [Major Team India] to create two 300-plus scores in Test crickets, and renowned the milestone not by lying down on the pitch as he did last day, but by kneeling with his arms aloft, thankful that he had given his side the remarkable raised area to follow their first ever Test win on Sri Lankan soil.

Yesterday Chris Gayle broke the back of the Sri Lankan attack with a blistering double-ton. Today, he picked up careful endeavor at the records. First to go was the stadium top score. Mahela Jayawardene's 237 was eclipsed in the morning session by a subdued Gayle, who appeared to be a more strong-minded version of the swashbuckling dynamo that had set the ground alight on day one - he added just nine more boundaries in over two sessions of batting after demolishing 26 fours and eight sixes on the first day. Shortly after lunch Chris Gayle enhanced the highest score by a West Indies batsman in the subcontinent - Rohan Kanhai's 256 in Kolkata - a record that had stood for 48 years. Following the tea break, he has been able to overcome Pakistani excellent Batsman Younis Khan's records 313 to make the highest score by any batsman against Sri Lanka as well as progressing on his own previous best score of 317 a few deliveries