After his brilliant performance in the T20 World Cup, Sanju Samson’s Instagram followers increased from 1.4 crore to 1.7 crore. There has been a tremendous surge in his popularity after being selected as ‘Player of the Tournament’.
Ahmedabad: After the victory in the T20 World Cup, cricketer Sanju Samson has also made a big record on social media. Before the final, this Indian opener had 14.8 million, i.e. 1.4 crore followers on Instagram.
According to reports, after his unbeaten 97 runs against West Indies in the Super-8 and then his stormy innings of 89 runs against England in the semi-finals, there was a huge jump in the number of his followers. When the team needed it most, Sanju scored two consecutive half-centuries and also won two ‘Player of the Match’ awards. After this, there was a wave of Sanju on social media. Along with the fans, many IPL teams, the Indian team and even the ICC celebrated Sanju’s performance in the last few days.
Sanju also played a brilliant inning of 89 runs against New Zealand and was also adjudged ‘Best Player of the Tournament’. After this the celebration increased even more. Big players like Virat Kohli also praised Sanju by posting. ICC and BCCI also praised him highly. As a result of this, the number of Sanju’s followers increased like a rocket and now he has more than 1.7 crore (17 million) followers.