The Tigers batted first and made 173-8 from their 20 overs after losing the toss. Hamilton Masakadza (37), Thisara Perera (32) and Robin Uthappa (23) were the main scorers. Chadwick Walton also contributed 17.
Rajat Bhatia took 3-31 from his four overs while Trent Johnstone was expensive in his three overs, going for 33 runs but picking up two wickets in the process.
Then, despite a top score of 56 from Jacques Kallis along with a rapid 38 from Gayle and 35 from captain and wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel, the Giants were restricted to 163-9 from their 20 overs.
Man of the match Parvinder Awana took 4-19 from three overs to lead the charge for the victors. Harbhajan Singh was also economical with 2-14 from his four overs. Perera also completed a good all-round performance with 2-6 from two overs.
The allrounder who has 45 Test centuries and more than 13,000 runs to his name during an illustrious career was described as not being memorable by commentator David Brook. However, to one West Indies pace bowler, he is happy Kallis is now retired.
Kemar Roach one of the most potent of the West Indies bowlers of the modern era has proven to be more than a handful for some of the world’s best batsmen. His 193 Test wickets and 124 ODI wickets are a testament to a bowler who had it not been for long stretches of injury might have been among the top-five bowlers in the world today.
During a recent Instagram Live with Cricket West Indies, Roach revealed that Kallis is the most difficult batsmen he has ever bowled to.
“Hands down, I would have to say, Jacques Kallis. He was definitely one of the tougher ones for sure. He was very technical, very solid in his approach. He played it very easily, especially in the home series in 2010. He is probably the hardest batsman I have ever bowled to.”
Considered to one of the greatest allrounders of all time, Kallis retired in 2014, having scored 62 tons across all formats.
Kallis, one of the all-time great all-rounders, will work with England for the first time in a tour that will see them play two Tests next month.
The 45-year-old was handed the same role on the Proteas coaching staff under Mark Boucher this time last year ahead of their 3-1 Test series loss to England.
Cricket South Africa then turned to Neil McKenzie to take the role of South Africa's high performance batting consultant in September.
Kallis will be among seven coaches who will depart for the tour on January 2, with Graham Thorpe given time off from life in a bio-secure environment.
Head coach Chris Silverwood will travel for the first tour of 2021, while James Foster will remain wicketkeeping consultant following Bruce French's retirement and Jeetan Patel again gets the nod as spin bowling consultant.
Both Tests will be staged at Galle International Cricket Stadium, with the opener starting on January 14.
England coaching staff for Sri Lanka tour:
Head Coach: Chris Silverwood
Assistant Coach: Paul Collingwood
Wicketkeeper Consultant: James Foster
Fielding Coach: Carl Hopkinson
Batting Consultant: Jacques Kallis
Bowling Coach: Jon Lewis
Spin Bowling Consultant: Jeetan Patel
Legendary South Africa all-rounder Kallis is the fourth player from his country to receive the honour, while Sthalekar is the 27th Australian and Abbas the sixth from Pakistan.
The great Kallis is the only player to score at least 10,000 runs and take at 250 wickets or more in both Test and ODI cricket.
Kallis is South Africa's leading Test run-scorer and the third-highest from any nation, while he also took 577 wickets for the Proteas in all formats during a stellar career.
"It's a great honour to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. It is something that I never expected when I started playing," said Kallis.
"I certainly did not play the game for any accolades or anything like that, I only wanted to win the games for whoever I was playing for."
Gifted all-rounder Sthalekar was a key member of the Australia side that won the Women's World Cup in 2005 and 2013, as well as the T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2012.
She topped both the ODI batting and bowling rankings and goes down as the first woman to as score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs
Sthalekar said: "I am deeply humbled to receive this honour. Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that I would ever get to join such an illustrious group of players."
Abbas was known as the 'Asian Bradman' due to the style in which he piled on the runs in the 1970s and 80s.
He is the only player from Asia to have scored at least 100 first-class centuries.
"I feel privileged and truly humbled to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame of the class of 2020. I am excited to be in the midst of other illustrious cricketers," said Abbas of becoming one of 93 players to join the Hall of Fame.
