It has been almost a month and now that day is about to come, when it will be decided who will be the champion of T20 World Cup 2026? Will Team India create history by winning the title for the second consecutive time or will New Zealand get its name written on this trophy for the first time? But not only the champion, but on that day it will also be decided who will be the player of the tournament? Which player will get this special award? While there is a competition between India and New Zealand for the trophy, there is a race between 8 contenders for this award.
The final of the T20 World Cup 2026 will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 8. While the Indian team will defend its title, the New Zealand team will hope to become the Women’s and Men’s T20 World Champion at the same time. But in this title match, there will be three players who can not only decide the fate of the match, but are also contenders for Player of the Tournament and only one Indian star is included in them.
ICC announced the contenders for Player of the Tournament of T20 World Cup 2026 2 days before the final. In this list of 8 contenders, Indian team’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has got a place, who has played only 4 matches in this tournament. Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who won this award in the last World Cup, is not in the list this time. Only Samson has been included in this list from Team India, who has played only 4 matches in the tournament.
At the beginning of this tournament, Samson was not even a part of Team India’s playing-11 and remained only as a backup opener. But due to the failure of the top order, Samson returned and ever since he returned to the team, runs have been continuously coming off his bat. After scoring an unbeaten 97 runs in the do-or-die match against West Indies, he also scored a blistering 89 runs against England in the semi-final, on the basis of which Team India won. Thus far, in only 4 matches, he has scored 232 runs at an average of 77 and strike rate of 201.
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