Ø Gayle's 175 not out is the highest individual score in all Twenty20 matches,
Ø Royal Challengers' total of 263 is the highest by any team.
Ø This is only the third occasion a batsman has scored 150 or more in an innings - the previous ones were by Brendon McCullum (158 not out in IPL's opening game in 2008) and Graham Napier's 152 not out for Essex against Sussex in June 2008
Ø Gayle's century took all of 30 balls, which is four balls quicker than the previous record - Andrew Symonds' 34-ball effort for Kent against Middlesex in 2004. The previous-quickest in the IPL had been Yusuf Pathan's37-ball effort for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai indians in 2010.
Ø His half-century came off 17 balls, which equals the fastest in the IPL - Adam Gilchrist had scored one off 17 balls against Delhi Daredevils in 2009.
Ø Gayle struck 17 sixes, the most in an innings in Twenty20 matches, the previous record was 16, by Graham Napier when he scored that unbeaten 152.
Ø The only player to score 100 runs in sixes alone in a Twenty20 innings.
Ø Gayle's 11 centuries in this format is more than twice that of the next-highest: David Warner and McCullum has five each. In the IPL alone he has four hundreds, twice as many as the next-best.
Ø The maximum number of balls between a four or a six for Gayle was nine, between overs 8.6 and 11.2 (immediately after he reached his century), during which period he scored five singles and four dot balls. The most successive dot balls he played were two.
Ø Overall, the difference between the runs scored and balls played in Chris Gayle's innings was 109, which is the first instance of the difference being more than 100 in a Twenty20 innings. The previous-highest difference between the runs scored and balls played was 95, by Namibia's Louis van der Westhuizen against Kenya.
Ø Dilshan was completely overshadowed, but his partnership of 167 with Gayle is the highest for the first wicket in the IPL, going past Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar's 163 against Royals in 2012, and the joint fourth-highest for all wickets in the IPL.