India, March 12 -- As the dust continues to settle after the T20 World Cup's conclusion on Sunday, where India triumphed over New Zealand with an emphatic 96-run victory in Ahmedabad, evaluations continue to be made regarding the Indian team's performance on home turf over the last month. One of the players whose stock is the highest after the victory is Sanju Samson, who was rewarded with the player of the tournament award after his hot-streak to close the tournament.

However, was Samson India's best player at the tournament? There is a case to be made that while Samson's impact in the matches he played was immense, he was only present for five of India's nine matches in the campaign. 321 runs in those 5 matches at a strike-rate of 200 ...