<p>West Indies opener Chris Gayle, who smashed the first World Cup double-century here Tuesday, said he wanted to get it ever since India's Rohit Sharma scored two of them in ODIs.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 35-year-old smashed 16 sixes and 10 fours to score 215 against Zimbabwe in a Pool B game. This became the highest World Cup score, beating the previous best of Gary Kirsten of South Africa, who made 188 against the United Arab Emirates in 1996.<br /><br />"I am very happy to get this first double-hundred and ever since Rohit got two (ODI double-hundreds), I have been hounded to get one as well," Gayle said after his whirlwind innings at the Manuka Oval.<br /><br />Rohit is the only individual with two double-hundreds to his name, including the highest ODI score of 264 which he scored against Sri Lanka in 2014.<br /><br />Gayle, who was not been his best of late, said he was under immense pressure to perform and could not quite believe it after scoring the double hundred.<br /><br />"I said 'you can't be serious?' I just want to thank god for this knock. I was under pressure to score runs and I kept getting messages from Twitter and on my cell phone. I have never felt this kind of pressure but in the end, I am sure I gave them something to talk about," said the southpaw.<br /><br />The Jamaican said he wanted to build his innings rather than throw his bat around from the word go.<br /><br />"It was a bit slow at the start, not to mention that it was keeping low. I just tried to take the bull by the horns and hang out there and try and build an innings. After a while I was able to pick a bowler to target and then, in the end, I was out off the last ball," Gayle, who scored his 22nd ODI century, said.<br /><br />"A lot of time people don't know what you are going through as I had some issues with injuries. I am also not getting any younger so age is definitely catching up on me," added Gayle, who with Marlon Samuels (133 not out) recorded the highest ODI partnership of 372.<br /><br />"Overall, I am really happy and I just want to try and build on this as much as possible. Want to build on this momentum and move ahead as we look towards the South Africa game."<br /></p>
<p>West Indies opener Chris Gayle, who smashed the first World Cup double-century here Tuesday, said he wanted to get it ever since India's Rohit Sharma scored two of them in ODIs.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 35-year-old smashed 16 sixes and 10 fours to score 215 against Zimbabwe in a Pool B game. This became the highest World Cup score, beating the previous best of Gary Kirsten of South Africa, who made 188 against the United Arab Emirates in 1996.<br /><br />"I am very happy to get this first double-hundred and ever since Rohit got two (ODI double-hundreds), I have been hounded to get one as well," Gayle said after his whirlwind innings at the Manuka Oval.<br /><br />Rohit is the only individual with two double-hundreds to his name, including the highest ODI score of 264 which he scored against Sri Lanka in 2014.<br /><br />Gayle, who was not been his best of late, said he was under immense pressure to perform and could not quite believe it after scoring the double hundred.<br /><br />"I said 'you can't be serious?' I just want to thank god for this knock. I was under pressure to score runs and I kept getting messages from Twitter and on my cell phone. I have never felt this kind of pressure but in the end, I am sure I gave them something to talk about," said the southpaw.<br /><br />The Jamaican said he wanted to build his innings rather than throw his bat around from the word go.<br /><br />"It was a bit slow at the start, not to mention that it was keeping low. I just tried to take the bull by the horns and hang out there and try and build an innings. After a while I was able to pick a bowler to target and then, in the end, I was out off the last ball," Gayle, who scored his 22nd ODI century, said.<br /><br />"A lot of time people don't know what you are going through as I had some issues with injuries. I am also not getting any younger so age is definitely catching up on me," added Gayle, who with Marlon Samuels (133 not out) recorded the highest ODI partnership of 372.<br /><br />"Overall, I am really happy and I just want to try and build on this as much as possible. Want to build on this momentum and move ahead as we look towards the South Africa game."<br /></p>