Scoring a hundred in T20 cricket is already a rare case. Reaching triple figures in less than 30 deliveries is almost unprecedented – and so far only two players have done it. Both innings came from unlikely quarters of international cricket, and both were full blown assaults leaving bowling attacks pulverised.
The fastest of the two was from the India-born batsman of Estonia Sahil Chauhan. On 17 June 2024 chasing Cyprus’s 191, Chauhan delivered a blitzkrieg in Episkopi: a twenty-seven ball century on route to an unbeaten 144 from 41 balls of which there were eighteen sixes and six fours.
With a strike-rate north of 350 on the night, he finished the job way before the chase became tight – Estonia finished on 194 inside 13 overs, winning with plenty to spare. Chauhan’s background – born 19 February 1992 in Manakpur Devilal (near Pinjore), but having come to Estonia to pursue cricket – only adds to the drama of the performance.
The second joiner of this scarcity of the century club was Muhammad Fahad Turkey who crocked a 29-ball century in 12 July 2025 vs Bulgaria in the Bulgaria Tri-nation T20I series. Fahad’s innings ended while he was at 120 off 34 balls in which he hit 12 sixes and 10 fours; his strike-rate for the knock was in the 350s. The knock saw Turkey rack up an outstanding 237 in their 20 overs and set a comfortable 59-run victory after Bulgaria were bowled out for 178.
At 38 years of age, Fahad’s explosive T 20 tour parade highlighted the fact that the combination of experience and raw hitting can play explosively in T 20s, and his overall numbers in T 20Is at the time had a remarkable strike rate (of around 237) and an average over 50 inclusive of a hundred and half a century mentioned in his stats.
These two innings are not merely statistical freak occurrences – they point out how quickly a T20 game can be decided when an individual possesses the perfect timing and intent. Chauhan and Fahad produced performances that were equal parts power and precision and with how excellent both knocks were, it’s quite unlikely to become commonplace any time soon.
