Canberra: After West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed his first World Cup double-century against Zimbabwe today, he said that he wanted to join India’s Rohit Sharma, who scored two double-hundreds in ODI format.
Gayle, who is known for his explosive batting all around, smashed16 sixes and 10 fours, boosted him to score 215 runs in a Pool B game.
“I am very happy to get this first double-hundred and ever since Rohit got two (ODI double-hundreds), I have been hounded to get one as well,” Gayle said.
“I said ‘you can’t be serious?’ I just want to thank god for this knock. I was under pressure to score runs and I kept getting messages from Twitter and on my cell phone. I have never felt this kind of pressure but in the end, I am sure I gave them something to talk about,”  he added.
Gayle added that he wanted to build his innings rather than throw his bat around from the word go.

“It was a bit slow at the start, not to mention that it was keeping low. I just tried to take the bull by the horns and hang out there and try and build an innings. After a while I was able to pick a bowler to target and then, in the end, I was out off the last ball,” Gayle said.

“A lot of time people don’t know what you are going through as I had some issues with injuries. I am also not getting any younger so age is definitely catching up on me,” added Gayle.