Chris Gayle - T20's original superstar

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Chris Gayle stroked a 38-ball 77 against Gujarat Lions ©BCCI

Chris Gayle on Tuesday (April 18) became the first player to register 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket, when he took his third run against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot. The cricketing community lauded the big Jamaican and a tribute shower rained down on Twitter.

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David Warner@ davidwarner31

respect

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Michael Clarke@ MClarke23

Massive congratulations to @henrygayle on 10000 T20runs. What a player he has been! @RCBTweets

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Jason Holder@ Jaseholder98

Maximum respect to you legend @henrygayle on being the first man to 10000 T20 runs.…

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Freddie Wilde@ fwildecricket

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yuvraj singh@ YUVSTRONG12

Congratulations to @henrygayle on completing 10 thousand t20 runs ! Legend 🤙🏻👊🏽 and making @IPL the most entertaining cricket tournament

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Harsha Bhogle@ bhogleharsha

Who would have imagined that a player would score 10k in T20!! The boss of this game @henrygayle

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Mohandas Menon@ mohanstatsman

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Deepu Narayana@ deeputalks

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Aakash Chopra@ cricketaakash

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And Gayle responded with a big Thank You

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Here's what he had to say at the post-match presentation

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