| In his career, he issued 70 walks in 160 innings pitched and collected 50 strikeouts. |
| Has any batsman scored an unbeaten century in each innings of a Test match and still finished on the losing side? |
| Going by statistics we see that he is among the Indian batsmen to score centuries in both the innings. |
| Gayle, usually the flamboyant strokemaker, played a subdued innings with only rare sightings of his trademark drives and cuts. |
| He worked eight innings and gave up five runs on nine hits while recording nine strikeouts and four walks. |
| But at times it was questionable whether he was doing more harm than good to the innings. |
