IPL: Top 5 highest run-getters in the league among overseas batsmen

#3. Chris Gayle: 4,965 runs in 142 matches

Chris Gayle waving to the crowd after one of his record-breaking innings

The "Universe Boss " Chris Gayle is at the third spot on this list. He has given some of the most entertaining moments to the fans with his extraordinary power-hitting and run-making skills.

Chris Gayle has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Kings XI Punjab in IPL.

In 142 matches, he scored an outstanding 4,965 runs with six centuries and 31 half-centuries.

Chris Gayle scored over 600 runs in each season from 2011 to 2013. His best season was in 2012 when he scored 733 runs with a century and seven half-centuries.

He scored the highest individual score in the IPL after smashing an unbeaten 175 runs in just 66 balls against the Pune Warriors in 2013. He broke the record held by Brendon McCullum, who had scored 158 in the first-ever IPL match, in 2008.

Aaron Finch, captain of the bowling team, used seven bowlers in that innings but that did not stop the flow of runs. In the same innings, Chris Gayle also recorded the fastest century in the tournament and the most number of sixes in an innings.

Chris Gayle is the only player to win back-to-back Orange Cap awards, in 2011 and 2012. With a total of six centuries, he holds the record of scoring the highest number of centuries in IPL history.