Melbourne: Australia’s David Warner has broken the record of West Indies’ explosive batsman Chris Gayle in this T20 World Cup. In the match against Oman, he scored 56 runs in 51 balls. This is Warner’s 11th half century in T20Is. Gayle previously held the record with 110 half-centuries. India’s star batsman Virat Kohli is third with 105 half-centuries. Pakistan’s Babar Azam (101) is behind him.

Gayle still holds the record for scoring the highest number of centuries in T20Is. He has earned 22 percent. Warner has hit 8 percent. He is also the most run-scoring batsman in T20 cricket for Australia.