Rahul Tiwari
khelja|03-02-2025
Abhishek Sharma's name will be on the tongue of cricket fans for the next several days, weeks and months. Not only India, but cricket fans of other countries are also affected by the batting of this young Indian batsman. Abhishek, who has already made a special identity with his fierce opening in the IPL, has made everyone crazy by scoring a stormy century against England. Since then, a century of Abhishek's 37 balls is being discussed. But there is also a batsman who has scored a fast century than Abhishek in T20 International and he is also related to India. If you are thinking that this batsman is Rohit Sharma then you are wrong. This batsman is Sahil Chauhan.
On Sunday, February 2, when Abhishek was fly a six in the last T20 match played against England in Mumbai, everyone felt that he would break the world record of the fastest century. However, it could not be done and Abhishek completed a century in 37 balls. By that time, it was in the minds of most of the fans that whenever the fastest centuries in T20 International cricket have been scored by Rohit Sharma and David Miller. Till a few months ago, this answer was also correct. Rohit and Miller scored centuries in 35-35 balls in T20 International, which was a joint world record. However, this record was demolished a few months ago.
Sahil Chauhan did this amazing century in T20 International. But this century of Sahil did not come from the Indian team, but this batsman scored this world records while playing for Estonia. In June 2024, when teams around the world including India were busy in the T20 World Cup, a T20 International match was also being played in Europe. The match was played between Estonia and Cyprus, in which Cyprus scored a strong score of 191 runs.
After this, when Estonia's team landed for batting, 3 wickets fell for just 40 runs. But Sahil Chauhan's attack started from here. The Indian -origin batsman, who played for Estonia, broke all the old records by completing his century in just 27 balls. The new record of the fastest century in T20 International was now in his name. Sahil played an unbeaten innings of 144 runs in just 41 balls, including 18 sixes and 6 fours. On this, Estonia won the match in just 13 overs.