Estonia batsman Sahil Chauhan who is from Indian origin made a new record of making fastest century in T20 international. He performed this feat in the second T20I of Estonia tour of Cyprus 2024. Sahil chauhan exhausted Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton’s record for the fastest T20I century in men’s cricket reaching the milestone in just 27 balls during the second T20I of Estonia tour of Cyprus 2024.
Sahil Chauhan makes new T20I records
Sahil Chauhan explosive performance also made a new record for the most sixes in a men’s T20I innings with 18 maximum.
Cyprus posted a competitive total of 191 for 7 by batting first. Estonia chase began poorly losing both openers within initial eight balls for a nine runs. Sahil Chauhan turned the game on its head from the moment he stepped to the crease. When he was facing Buddika Mahesh, he comes into action, smashing 6,4 and 6 off his first three legal deliveries. He has loss his two partners Stuart Hook and Steffan Gooch soon after, left Estonia at 60 for 4 in the seventh over. In this time he had already scored to 66 off just 17 balls with five fours and three sixes.
The explosions start in the sixth over of the chase, where Sahil Chouhan hitting 4 sixes and a four to complete his fifty off just 14 balls. He continued his attack smashing four more sixes off Chamal Sadun in the eighth over and three more off Neeraj Tiwari in the ninth, the last of which brought up his century. He finished the with an surprising strike rate of 351.21.