Against Barbados Tridents in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2019) not only Jamaica Tallawahs registered their first win but also their opener Chris Gayle achieved yet another milestone becoming the first-ever batsman to score 13,000 runs in T20 cricket.

He has scored total 13,013 runs at an average of 39.07 in 389 matches with 22 hundreds and 80 fifties. In this match, he also became the first batsman to hit 1000 fours in this format. 

Chris Gayle in T20 cricket -

Matches - 389

Innings - 381

Runs - 13,013

Average - 39.07

Best - 175*

100s - 22

50s - 80

6s - 958

Most runs in T20 cricket -

13,013 - Chris Gayle

9922 - Brendon McCullum

9582 - Kieron Pollard

8803 - David Warner

8780 - Shoaib Malik

8475 - Virat Kohli

8392 - Suresh Raina

8291 - Rohit Sharma

8233 - Aaron Finch

8186 - AB de Villiers

Most fours in T20 cricket -

1001 - Chris Gayle

924 - Brendon McCullum

860 - David Warner

798 - Aaron Finch

792 - Shikhar Dhawan