India’s Chauhan says he had been inspired by India captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma. He scored the fastest ever T20 century among others that broke records against Cyprus; to be more precise it only took 27 balls for the geographical Estonia.
On Monday, this incredible innings, which included 18 sixes and six fours. Saw the 32-year-old score an unbeaten knock of 144 off just 41 balls. Chris Gayle previously held this record when he hit a ton off only thirty deliveries in IPL T20 cricket prior to Chauhan’s blistering knock.
An unknown entity until a few days ago, that made him a global star with his quickest century in T20’s.
Furthermore, Chauhan also eclipsed Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton’s record for the fastest T20 international ton at present delivered in a total of thirty-three deliveries.
He was quoted as saying by FanCode, “I have loved Rohit Sharma ever since I watched him play. Ge’s a brilliant player who doesn’t take any pressure. Regardless of the situation, he always plays his game. I have learned so much from him. His hook shots are my favorite ones.”; The native of Haryana’s Manakpur Devilal village said as per FanCode reports
In retrospect to his journey and experiences, Chauhan said this opportunity came as a pleasant surprise.
“My uncle motivated me to come here because he has got a small restaurant business which is where I work,” he said. “I started playing here in 2019. I was extremely bored so I checked about Estonia cricket on Google (and) found all teams’. Contacts and called them up. Are you playing cricket? Yes…That’s how I started playing the game here”
It was while chasing chasing 192 against Cyprus that Estonia were reduced to 40 for 3. When Chauhan came in to bat at No. 5 and took his team to a six-wicket win with seven overs to spare through his whirlwind knock.
“I was just thinking about the innings and the target we had to chase. I just played to the merit of the ball, and that’s it. The ball was coming nicely onto the bat, and I was just playing my shots,” he said..
