[3][4] He received critical acclaim for his character Suleiman Isa in the Netflix series Sacred Games in 2018.

In 2024, Sachdeva won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Short Film (Male) for his performance in First Time, directed by Adiraj Singh.

[7] A veteran acting coach, he trained an array of B-town stars including Rana Daggubati, Harshvardhan Rane, Freida Pinto, Anushka Sharma, Bobby Deol, John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Raghav Juyal, Akshay Oberoi, Arjun Mathur, Kubbra Sait, Richa Chadha, Dulquer Salmaan, Tripti Dimri, Avinash Tiwary, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez,[8] Vaani Kapoor, Asha Negi, Shakti Mohan, Rithvik Dhanjani, Shivam Patil, Adarsh Gourav, and Mandana Karimi.

[9] In 2017, Saurabh founded his own education and training institute, The Actors Truth,[10] and theatre group Antarang[11] in Mumbai.

He worked with Imago Theatre Group until 2003 where he conceived and acted in street plays.