Leaving Chris Gayle’s record behind him, an ‘Indian’ you might have never heard of

Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan smashed a century in just 27 deliveries against Cyprus. This broke the record for the fastest ton in T20 cricket.

Chauhan broke Jan-Nicol Loftie Eaton’s record for the fastest T20I hundred, which came off 33 balls and lasted less than four months. It was also the fastest century in all T20s, taking over Chris Gayle’s record of 30-ball century while playing for Royal Challengers Bwngaluru during the IPL 2013.

Chauhan came off unbeaten with 144 off 41 balls and hit 18 sixes on the way, creating another record for the most maximums in a T20I innings. Alongside setting these impressive numbers, Chauhan also made it to the top of the table for most sixes in a men’s T20I innings.

Two matches were scheduled on the opening day of the six-match bilateral series, later resulting in Estonia winning both.

For first match, when Estonia was chasing down Cyprus’ score of 195 for 7 in the last over, Chauhan was planning to show his hitting prowess in the next match.

Batting first, Cyphrus scored 191 for 7.

Estonia had a terrible start. Both the openers departed inside eight balls while only scoring 9 runs. Then came in Chauhan, who was in the feels and ready to unleash his inner beast to destroy Cyprus’ bowlers.

During his play of 144* in just 41 balls, Sahil managed to hit 6 boundaries and 18 sixes. His stats revealed a massive strike rate of 351.

The knock by sahil with 18 sixes, is the most by a player in men’s T20I innings, outperforming Afghanistan’s Hazratullah Zazai and New Zeland’s Finn Allen, both having 16 sixes each in their record.

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