RSA vs WI / Chris Gayle celebration goes viral after taking wicket on first delivery of his spell

RSA vs WI | In the fourth match of the five-match T20 series being played between South Africa and West Indies, the Caribbean team won by 21 runs. Captain Kieron Pollard played a stormy innings for the West Indies, while Dwayne Bravo took four wickets. Chris Gayle returned to the team in the fourth T20 after being out of the playing XI in the previous match. Gayle could not show anything special with the bat, but he surprised everyone by taking a wicket on the very first ball of his bowling spell. After getting the wicket on the first ball, Gayle was seen celebrating in a unique way, whose video is becoming quite viral on social media.

Actually, captain Kieron Pollard showed courage and gave Chris Gayle to bowl the second over of the South Africa innings. Gayle, who could not do much with the bat, did not disappoint his captain at all with the ball and showed Riza Hendrix the way to the pavilion on the very first ball of his spell. Hendrix was stumped for a big shot against Gayle. After getting the wicket of Hendrix, Universe Boss was seen doing cartwheel on the middle ground. This style of celebrating Gayle was very much liked by the fans. At the same time, Dale Steyn also praised Gayle's cool style. Steyn wrote on his Twitter, 'Chris Gayle is the coolest cricketer.'

Chris Gayle aged 41 taking wickets and doing cartwheels 😁 pic.twitter.com/x0P0A0hyMX

— Caribbean Cricket Podcast (@CaribCricket) July 1, 2021

Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis failed to give a good start to West Indies after losing the toss and opting to bat first. Lewis returned to the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs off Enrich Nortje. Explosive batsmen Chris Gayle (5) and Shimron Hetmyer (7) also could not show anything special with the bat. However, in the last overs, captain Kieron Pollard took the lead and took the news of the South African bowlers fiercely. Batting at a strike rate of 204, Pollard scored 51 runs in just 25 balls and remained unbeaten. Chasing the target of 168 runs, South Africa's team could only manage 146 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock scored the highest 60 runs for the team.