Sahil Chauhan is an Indian-origin

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cricketer. He currently holds the record of fastest century in

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Personal life

Sahil completed his schooling from DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur. then, he did his graduation from

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, and later, he completed his postgraduation from a private university, in

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. He currently works as a manager in a chain of restaurants, in

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Cricket career

International career

Sahil made his

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debut against

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in September, 2023. After early failures, he scored a blistering knock of unbeaten 144 runs off 41 balls against

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, when his team was struggling to chase a mammoth total of 192. Through his marathon innings, he broke multiple records. He registered the century in 27 balls, which is the fastest century in T20 cricket, broke the record of fastest century in T20Is and T20 cricket which previously held by Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and

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respectively. His 18 sixes in this innings is the highest for any batter in T20Is and joint-highest in T20 cricket.

Domestic career

Sahil represents Tallinn United in ECS Estonia T10 league tournament. He has hit a consecutive six sixes in an over, in the same T10 league competition.

References

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