T20 World Cup: Sanju Samson changed everyone’s time, emotions and circumstances with the power of his bat. Crores of Indian fans are now saluting the player whom Team India was not giving a chance in the playing eleven. Sanju Samson played an amazing unbeaten inning of 97 runs against West Indies in the T20 World Cup, on the basis of which Team India won by 5 wickets. Amidst this victory, Sanju Samson broke many records, one of which is really amazing. Sanju Samson also became the batsman who stayed at the crease for the longest time in any T20 World Cup match.
Sanju broke the world record
Sanju Samson played an unbeaten inning of 97 runs against West Indies. During this, he spent 108 minutes at the crease, which has been seen for the first time in any T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Scotland’s George Manse, who scored unbeaten 66 runs while batting for 106 minutes against West Indies. After this, Devon Conway batted for 106 minutes, Pathum Nissanka for 105 minutes, Mohammad Rizwan for 105 minutes. Only Jos Buttler has scored a century in the T20 World Cup while batting for more than 100 minutes.
Sanju Samson also broke these records
Apart from this, Sanju Samson made many more records in his name. He played the biggest innings for India while chasing in the T20 World Cup. Sanju broke the record of Virat Kohli, who had played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs against Australia in 2016. On the basis of this innings of Sanju Samson, India also achieved the biggest target in the T20 World Cup. Sanju Samson also became the wicket-keeper batsman who played the biggest innings for India in the T20 World Cup, surpassing Ishan Kishan.