Top 5 best openers in the history of T20 cricket

#5 Chris Gayle (West Indies)

Chris Gayle scored 175* off 66 deliveries.

Last but not the least on the list is Christopher Henry Gayle. The Caribbean opener has fans all around the globe. With his exceptional power hitting ability, Gayle can stand and deliver the ball into the stands.

His score of 175* in 66 balls in the IPL is almost beyond imagination. He is arguably the most brutal opener of all time.

Chris Gayle has a stunning IPL record, with a strike rate of above 150 and an average of 41.18 in 112 matches. He has managed to win the Orange Cap for two consecutive years in the IPL (2011 and 2012) and has won the award for maximum sixes, three consecutive times in IPL (2011, 2012 and 2013). He won the maximum sixes award for the fourth time in 2015.

Gayle takes his time at the start of the innings and then switches to his power hitting mode later in the innings. Gayle currently plays for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League.

All the stats in this article are updated up to 7th March 2019.