Indian-Origin Batter Breaks Gayle's Big Record

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Former West Indies batter Chris Gayle's record of the fastest T20 century was finally broken by an Indian-origin player. 

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Gayle smashed the fastest T20 ton in 30 balls for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors India in IPL 2013. 

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Estonia batter Sahil Chauhan broke Gayle's record with a century off just 27 balls. He achieved this feat in an international game against hosts Cyprus in Episkopi. 

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It was also the fastest T20I ton, surpassing Jan-Nicol Loftie Eaton's record, which came off 33 balls and lasted less than four months.

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Chauhan also made it to the top of the table for most sixes in a men's T20I innings as he smashed a total of 18 sixes. 

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The second most sixes in a men's T20I innings were hit by Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai, who smashed 16 sixes against Ireland. 

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