Sanju Samson scored 89 runs on 42 balls in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. With this innings, he equaled Virat Kohli’s record of highest Indian score in T20 WC Knockout. This is also the fourth highest individual score in knockout history.
Mumbai: Sanju Samson set the bat on fire against England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. He has made a big record in his name by playing a stormy innings of 89 runs in just 42 balls. With this innings, Sanju has equaled the record of the highest score by any Indian batsman in the knockout match of the T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was only in the name of Virat Kohli, who had scored 89 runs in the semi-final against South Africa in 2016.
Sanju’s innings of 89 runs is also the fourth highest individual score in World Cup knockout history. At the top of this list is Finn Allen of New Zealand, who had scored unbeaten 100 runs against South Africa only yesterday. At second place is Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, who scored 96 runs against West Indies in the 2009 World Cup. Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson are jointly at third place with 89 runs. At the same time, England’s Alex Hales is at fifth place with 86 runs, which he scored against India in the 2022 World Cup semi-final.
Another special thing is that both Kohli and Sanju have played this record innings in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium itself. Sanju completed his fifty in just 26 balls, which is his second consecutive fifty in this World Cup. However, he was out after scoring 89 runs on 42 balls. In this way, Sanju missed a century for the second consecutive match.
In this innings, Sanju hit 8 fours and 7 sixes. Let us tell you that in the last match also, Sanju’s bat spoke loudly. In that virtual quarter-final against West Indies, Sanju got India a ticket to the semi-finals by playing an unbeaten inning of 97 runs in 50 balls.