First ‘Golden Duck’, then century in 27 balls, the one who hit 6 sixes in a row broke Chris Gayle’s great record

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|17-06-2024

First 'Golden Duck', then century in 27 balls, the one who hit 6 sixes in a row broke Chris Gayle's great record

Due to the T20 World Cup 2024, it is the only topic of discussion among cricket fans at this time. In this tournament being held in West Indies and America, the kind of batting has not been seen yet, for which T20 cricket is known. It was expected that there would be explosive batting in the World Cup but it has not happened yet.

Apart from the World Cup, an innings has definitely been seen, which has broken all the old records. This amazing feat has been achieved by a batsman named Sourav Chauhan, who played two T20s in a single day and then broke the world record for the fastest century.

This amazing thing was seen in Episkopi, where a T20 series is being played between Cyprus and Estonia. On Monday, 17 June, the first and second matches of the 6-match series were played between these two teams. Yes, two matches in a single day. Estonia won both the matches, in which the second match saw sensational batting and a world record was created.

Hunting the first 'Golden Duck'

In the first match of the series, Cyprus batted first and scored 195 runs and Estonia won the match by losing 5 wickets. In this match, right-handed batsman Saurav Chauhan could not even open his account and was out (golden duck) on the first ball itself. Soon the second match was played between the two teams and this time Saurav created havoc single-handedly. This time too Cyprus batted first and scored 191 runs. Estonia had lost 2 wickets for just 9 runs after which Saurav entered and then there was a rain of sixes.

Again uproar due to record century

Sourav first completed his half-century in 14 balls and then made history by completing his century in just 27 balls. In this way, he broke the record of Chris Gayle (30 balls) for the fastest century in T20 cricket. Sourav scored 144 runs in an innings of 41 balls, which included 18 sixes and 6 fours. In this way, he also broke the record of Hazratullah Zazai (16) for most sixes in a T20 International innings. On the basis of this, Estonia won by 6 wickets in just 13 overs.

32-year-old Sourav is famous for his explosive batting.

Earlier in May, he created a sensation by hitting 6 consecutive sixes in an over and caught everyone's attention.

Earlier in May, he created a sensation by hitting 6 consecutive sixes in an over and caught everyone's attention.

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