Sanju Samson has broken Virat Kohli’s record of playing the biggest innings while chasing runs in the T20 World Cup. His stormy innings took India to the semi-finals.
Kolkata: Sanju Samson has done what big giants could not do in the T20 World Cup. He has broken Virat Kohli’s record of playing the biggest innings while chasing runs. Sanju took India to the semi-finals by playing an unbeaten and stormy inning of 97 runs on 50 balls. This innings included 4 sixes and 12 fours. Sanju was also selected as ‘Man of the Match’. He made his intentions clear by hitting a six and then a four on the very first ball of Romario Shepherd’s over. On the basis of this, India won by 5 wickets.
In this matter Sanju has left Virat Kohli behind. Earlier this record was in the name of Kohli, when he had scored unbeaten 82 runs against Australia in the 2016 World Cup. Now it has slipped to second place. The interesting thing is that Kohli is also at number three and four. His unbeaten 82 runs against Pakistan in 2022 and unbeaten 78 runs against Pakistan in 2012 are also included in this list.
Not only this, this innings of Sanju is also the second highest score by an Indian batsman in any T20 World Cup. On the top of this list is Suresh Raina, who scored 101 runs against South Africa in 2010. Rohit Sharma’s 92 runs against Australia in 2024 is now at number three. After this, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 89 runs against West Indies in 2016 and Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 84 runs against America at Wankhede in the same World Cup are also included.
After the match Sanju expressed his happiness. “I feel like I’m on top of the world,” he said. From the day I started playing, I dreamed of playing for the country, I was waiting for this day. I will always be grateful. There were many ups and downs in my journey. I started doubting myself. I used to think ‘what if’, ‘will I be able to do this’. But I kept the faith. Today I thank God for giving me this opportunity. I am very happy.”