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In the 52nd match of T-20 World Cup 2026, Indian cricket team’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson played a brilliant half-century innings (97* runs). This was his fourth half-century of T20 international career. Samson scored his first half-century in the history of T20 World Cup. On the basis of his brilliant innings, India achieved the target of 196 runs and made its place in the semi-finals. In such a situation, let us take a look at his innings and records.
Such was Samson’s innings and partnership
Samson faced 50 balls and scored 97 runs. 12 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 194. He along with Suryakumar Yadav made a partnership of 58 runs in 35 balls. Along with Tilak Verma, he added a crucial 42 runs in 26 balls. Adding 38 runs in just 22 balls with Hardik Pandya and 20 runs in just 6 balls with Shivam Dubey led the Indian team to a spectacular victory.
Virat Kohli
Samson broke Virat Kohli’s record
Samson played the biggest innings for India while chasing the target in the history of T20 World Cup. He broke Virat Kohli’s record. Kohli had jointly scored 82* twice while chasing the target in the T20 World Cup. He scored 82* runs in 51 balls against Australia in the 2016 World Cup, while he scored 82* runs in 53 balls against Pakistan in the 2022 World Cup.
Samson also made these records in his name
Samson also scored the second highest score for India in the history of T20 World Cup. Suresh Raina (101) is at first place in this list. Samson has become only the second Indian wicket-keeper batsman after Ishan Kishan to be named ‘Player of the Match’ in the T20 World Cup. Samson has also become the wicket-keeper batsman who played the biggest innings while chasing the target in the T20 World Cup. He has broken the record of Tim Seifert (89*).
This has been Samson’s T20 international career
Samson made his T20 international debut in 2015 against the Zimbabwe cricket team. So far, he has managed to score 1,221 runs in 52 innings of 60 matches at an average of 25.97 and strike rate of 151.86. During this period, he has also scored 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries. His best performance has been 111 runs. He is the only batsman in the world to score 3 T20 International centuries in a calendar year.
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