{"id":8502,"date":"2024-10-12T20:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=488886"},"modified":"2024-10-12T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:23:07","slug":"india-vs-bangladesh-3rd-t20i-sanju-samson-smashes-40-ball-century-becomes-indias-second-fastest-t20i-centurion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-bangladesh-3rd-t20i-sanju-samson-smashes-40-ball-century-becomes-indias-second-fastest-t20i-centurion\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs Bangladesh, 3rd T20I \u2013 Sanju Samson Smashes 40-Ball Century, Becomes India\u2019s Second Fastest T20I Centurion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson achieved a significant milestone in his T20I career, smashing a maiden century in just 40 balls against Bangladesh during the 3rd T20I in Hyderabad. This remarkable innings saw Samson reach the second-fastest T20I century for India, only behind Rohit Sharma\u2019s 35-ball century.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd erupted in cheers as Samson powered his way to the century mark with a boundary over the bowler\u2019s head, off a delivery from Mahedi Hasan. Suryakumar Yadav, who was at the other end, rushed to embrace Samson, while the Indian dugout gave him a standing ovation for his incredible achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Samson\u2019s 100* came off 40 deliveries, laced with 9 boundaries and 8 massive sixes, showcasing his destructive ability in the shortest format of the game. His innings, with a staggering strike rate of 250, put India in a commanding position at 183\/1 after 12.1 overs, alongside Suryakumar Yadav, who is batting on 65 from 30 balls.<\/p>\n<p>Samson\u2019s knock is now etched in India\u2019s T20I history as the second-fastest century, solidifying his position as one of the most dangerous batsmen in T20 cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson achieved a significant milestone in his T20I career, smashing a maiden century in just 40 balls against Bangladesh\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":31332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}