Who is Sahil Chauhan: Sahil Chauhan, In the midst of the T20 World Cup, this unknown cricketer has made a place in the hearts of cricket lovers in one go. When the whole world was watching Trent Bolt’s last T20 World Cup match, this batsman from Estonia was creating history by hitting skyscraper sixes. Century in 27 balls. 144 runs in 41 balls. 18 sixes in an innings… These are the figures that are registered in the name of Sahil Chauhan. All these are world records in their respective categories.
When the match between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea was going on in the T20 World Cup, at almost the same time Estonia and Cyprus were also competing in a T20 match. Cyprus batted first and scored 191 runs. In response, Cyprus lost 2 wickets within 9 runs. Sahil Chauhan came to the crease when Ali Masood was run out. Batting at number four, he rained sixes and fours. Thanks to his innings, Estonia achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 13 overs.
Sahil Chauhan played an unbeaten innings of 144 runs in 41 balls. He sent 24 out of these 41 balls across the boundary. Sahil hit 18 sixes in his innings. This is the record for most sixes in an innings. Earlier, the record for most sixes in an innings was in the name of Hazratullah Zazai (16) of Afghanistan.
Sahil Chauhan completed his century on the 27th ball during this innings. With this, he made the record of scoring the fastest century in T20 International cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Yan-Nicole Lofty Eaton of Namibia. They scored a century in 33 balls. Yan-Nicole Lofty Eaton’s record lasted for less than four months.
Sahil Chauhan was out on the very first ball in the previous match against Cyprus. He has scored 162 runs in 4 T20 matches. He scored these runs by facing just 51 balls.
