Ahmedabad, March 8: In the final of the T20 World Cup 2026, Team India faced off against New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. Sanju Samson showcased his exceptional batting skills, scoring a powerful 89 runs off just 46 balls. The wicketkeeper-batsman achieved his third consecutive half-century, setting multiple records in the process.
Samson played with a strike rate of 193, hitting 5 fours and 8 sixes during his explosive innings. He formed a remarkable partnership of 98 runs for the first wicket with Abhishek Sharma, and later added 105 runs for the second wicket alongside Ishan Kishan.
With his impressive performance, Sanju Samson became the highest run-scorer in a T20 World Cup final, surpassing Marlon Samuels’ previous record of 85 runs set in the 2016 final. He also outperformed Virat Kohli, making him the top scorer for India in T20 World Cup finals.
Samson is now the third player to score half-centuries in both the semi-final and final of a T20 World Cup edition, joining the ranks of Virat Kohli and Shahid Afridi. Furthermore, with three consecutive half-centuries in the tournament, he has matched the achievements of Kohli, Babar Azam, and KL Rahul. Samson also holds the record for the most sixes in a single T20 World Cup edition, having hit a total of 24 sixes, surpassing New Zealand’s Finn Allen.
In the final match, Samson and Abhishek Sharma also became the first pair to achieve a half-century partnership in a T20 World Cup final. Together, they scored 92 runs during the six-over powerplay, setting a record for the highest runs in the powerplay in T20 World Cup history.
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