Gayle can achieve this record before retirement, Can become 2nd Windies player after Lara

Windies most dangerous opening batsmen Chris Gayle has revealed that he will announce his retirement from Cricket after the World Cup. Which means that Gayle will like to win the World cup for his team before his retirement.
However, Gayle has a big chance to create history before the retirement and also has an opportunity to become the second West Indian batsman after Brian Lara to achieve this record

Gayle needs just 273 runs to achieve this milestone:

Gayle has played 284 ODIs for his team so far and during this period he has scored 9727 runs with an average of 37.17. In such a scenario, Gayle needs 273 more runs to complete 10000 runs in ODI format. Meanwhile, Gayle has been included in the 5-match ODI series before the world cup against England starting from 20th February and has great opportunity to complete 10000 before the start of the world cup.

Players who scored 10000 runs in One-day format:

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In the history of One-day cricket, a total of 13 players have reached the milestone of 10000 runs. The list includes 5 Indians, 4 Sri Lankans, one each from Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies. Now, when Gayle complete his 10000 runs he becomes 14 batsmen and the 2nd Caribbean player to achieve this milestone.

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