T20 World Cup 2026 Final: Sanju Samson broke the world record by hitting a six in the first over, became number 1

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Sanju Samson Six Record: Indian wicketkeeper Sanju Samson started the innings by hitting an amazing six in the final of T20 World Cup 2026 and with this a big world record was made in his name. As soon as Sanju Samson hit a six off Matt Henry, he became the number 1 player to hit sixes in the first over in the T20 World Cup match. Sanju Samson has already hit a six in the first over in four matches of the T20 World Cup and this is a record. He broke the record of England opener Phil Salt, who had achieved this feat in 40 balls in the T20 World Cup. It took only 21 balls for Sanju to do this job.

Which batsmen have hit a six in the first over?

Apart from Sanju Samson and Phil Salt, Rahmanullah Gurbaz has hit three sixes in the first over in T20 World Cup matches. Mohammad Rizwan and Quinton De Kock have also done this feat thrice. But Sanju Samson has gone ahead by doing this four times.

Against which teams did Sanju Samson hit a six in the first over?

Sanju Samson hit a six in the first over against Namibia. After this he did the same against Zimbabwe also. Even in the semi-final against England, Samson hit a six in the first over and in the final against New Zealand also, Samson did such a feat.

For India, these players have hit a six in the first over.

  • So far, five players from India have done the wonders of hitting sixes in the first over of the T20 World Cup. Yusuf Pathan first did this feat in the 2007 T20 World Cup. He hit a six on the fourth ball of Mohammad Asif.
  • In the 2010 World T20, Murali Vijay had hit a six on the fifth ball against Afghanistan’s Daulat Ahmadzai.
  • Rohit Sharma had done such a feat against Pakistan in the year 2024 T20 World Cup. He hit a six on Shaheen’s third ball.
  • In the year 2026 T20 World Cup, Ishan Kishan hit a six in the first over against USA and now Sanju Samson has done this feat four times.

Sanju-Abhishek’s stormy start

Let us tell you that Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma gave a stormy start to Team India in the final match. Both the batsmen took the team’s score beyond fifty in just 4 overs. This is India’s fastest opening half-century partnership in T20 World Cup final history.

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