Sanju Samson scripts history, breaks multiple records in T20 World Cup final vs New Zealand | Cricket News
Sanju Samson continued his remarkable run in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 with another stunning knock in the final, giving India a blazing start with 89 runs off just 45 balls. The wicketkeeper batter once again set the tone at the top, attacking from the outset and keeping the pressure firmly on the opposition bowlers. Samson’s latest effort also helped India script a unique record in T20 World Cup history. For the first time ever, the top three batters in a team’s innings all crossed the 50-run mark in the same match. It highlighted the dominance of India’s batting line-up on the biggest stage of the tournament.Also See: IND vs NZ T20 World Cup Final Live Score The 31 year old has also rewritten the record books with his six hitting this edition. Samson now holds the record for the most sixes in a single T20 World Cup campaign with 24, surpassing Finn Allen who had struck 20 sixes in an earlier edition. His consistency has been one of the standout stories of the tournament. Samson also joined an elite list of players who have scored half centuries in both the semi final and the final of a T20 World Cup. Only Shahid Afridi in 2009 and Virat Kohli in 2014 had previously achieved the feat before Samson added his name to the list in 2026. The Indian batter has also equalled another notable record for consecutive fifty plus scores in the tournament. Samson now has three successive scores of 50 or more in a T20 World Cup, placing him alongside some of the most consistent performers in the format. The list includes Mahela Jayawardene who achieved it in 2010, Virat Kohli who did so between 2016 and 2021, Babar Azam in 2021, KL Rahul in 2021, and two other players in the current edition, Kusal Mendis and Sahibzada Farhan. With another explosive innings on the biggest stage, Samson has firmly established himself as one of the standout performers of the tournament and a key figure in India’s charge for the title.
