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Sanju Samson’s bat spoke loudly in the T20 World Cup 2026 and he caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant performance. He played many important innings throughout the tournament and put the Indian team in a strong position on difficult occasions. On the basis of his aggressive batting and consistent good performance, he was chosen ‘Player of the Tournament’. During this period, Samson also made many big records. Let’s take a look at his performance and records.
Samson was the batsman who scored the most runs for India.
Samson did not get a chance in India’s playing eleven in the initial matches. However, when he was selected he won everyone’s hearts with his performance. This player scored 321 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an excellent average of 80.25 and strike rate of 199.37. He scored 3 half-centuries and his best score was 97* runs. Only Tim Seifert (326) and Sahibzada Farhan (383) scored more runs than him.
Samson became the batsman who played the highest innings in the final
In the final, Samson completed his sixth half-century of his T20 international career and his first against the Kiwi team in 33 balls. He was out after scoring 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. Samson also became the batsman who played the biggest innings in the final of the T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Marlon Samuels, who had scored 85* against the England cricket team in the 2016 T20 World Cup.
Samson broke this big record of Virat Kohli
Samson has become the Indian batsman with the highest run scorer in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. He has broken the record of former veteran of this format Virat Kohli. Kohli had scored 319 runs in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Ishan Kishan has come at third place. In this World Cup he scored 317 runs in 9 innings. He scored 3 half-centuries and his best score was 77 runs.
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 1,399 runs in 54 innings of 62 matches at an average of 28.55 and strike rate of 156.83. During this period, he has also scored 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries. His best performance in this format has been 111 runs. He has achieved the feat of scoring 3 T20 International centuries in a calendar year.
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