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Indian cricket team’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson was chosen as the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the T20 World Cup 2026. He played an important role in the victory by playing excellent innings in the semi-final and final matches. With the help of his innings, India won its third T20 World Cup title. Meanwhile, let us know about those Indian players who scored 50+ runs in 3 consecutive innings in the T20 World Cup.
Virat Kohli (2016-21)
Legendary Virat Kohli became the first Indian to achieve this feat. He scored an unbeaten 82 in India’s record win over Australia in the 2016 T20 World Cup. After this, he played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs against West Indies in the semi-finals. However, India had to face defeat in that match. Kohli scored 57 runs against Pakistan in his first match in the 2021 edition.
KL Rahul (2021)
In 2021, KL Rahul became the second Indian to be included in this list. After disappointing against Pakistan and New Zealand, Rahul played innings of 50+ runs in the matches against Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia. They finished the tournament with scores of 69, 50 and 54* runs respectively. However, the Indian team was out of the group stage after defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand.
Sanju Samson (2026)
In this edition, Samson scored 321 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 80.25 and strike rate of 199.37. Meanwhile, he scored 3 half-centuries with his bat. Samson scored 97* while chasing the target in the Super-8 match against West Indies. After this, he played 89 runs against England in the semi-finals and 89 runs against New Zealand in the final. Only Seifert (326) and Sahibzada Farhan (383) scored more runs than him.
Most sixes in a single edition
Samson hit a total of 26 sixes in this tournament and became the batsman to hit the most sixes in a T20 World Cup edition. He is followed in this list by New Zealand’s Finn Allen (20 sixes, 2026).
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