Sanju Samson Player of the Tournament: The player whom Team India kept out for 4 matches, whose ability was questioned by the whole world, has now become the player of the series of T20 World Cup 2026. We are talking about Sanju Samson who not only scored the most runs for India in the T20 World Cup 2026 but also made Team India the world champion.

Team India won the final match against New Zealand in a one-sided manner and with this it won the T20 World Cup for the third time. Sanju Samson should be responsible for this victory of the Indian team because everything changed with the arrival of this player in the playing eleven.

This is how Sanju Samson showed his strength in T20 World Cup

Sanju Samson got his first chance in the T20 World Cup in the match against Namibia. This player released his trailer after scoring 22 runs.

After this Sanju scored 24 runs against Zimbabwe in a stormy manner. But Sanju showed his real magic in the do or die match. By scoring unbeaten 97 runs against West Indies, this player gave entry to Team India in the semi-finals. After this, Sanju batted again against England in the semi-finals and he scored 89 runs to lead the Indian team to victory. Sanju Samson showed his strength in the final match also and played an inning of 89 runs.

Sanju Samson's performance in T20 World Cup

Sanju Samson broke Virat Kohli's record by scoring most runs for India in the T20 World Cup.

This player scored 321 runs in just 5 matches at an average of 80.2. The strike rate of this player was 199.37 and he scored three consecutive half-centuries. His strike rate was the highest among batsmen who scored more than 300 runs. Samson hit the maximum number of 24 sixes in the T20 World Cup. Not only this, he opened his account by hitting sixes in the first over in four matches, which is a world record.

Sanju Samson did not get the money

Sanju Samson became the Player of the Tournament but he did not get a single penny from ICC. That's because ICC does not give money to any player as an award.

ICC gives a trophy to every winning player. It is every player's dream to get this trophy and Sanju has done it.

Sanju said a big thing

After becoming the Player of the Tournament, Sanju Samson said that his dream has been fulfilled. He is very happy that he received this award. Samson said that he was thinking since the year 2024 T20 World Cup that when he will perform well and make the team win. Sanju Samson said that his batting form deteriorated after the New Zealand series, which dealt a big blow to his dreams. Sanju felt that his dream would not be fulfilled but somehow he got a chance to play in the T20 World Cup and it was a miracle.