New Delhi, March 8 -- Congress leader Shashi Tharoor hopes that star opening batter Sanju Samson continues his winning performances and helps India lift the T20 World Cup it plays against New Zealand in Ahmedabad today.

Tharoor, who has been batting for Samson for quite some time, hopes that the batter from his home state, Kerala, makes a century in the final.

"Yes, I am excited. For me it's been a happy tournament. Sanju began out of the team, came back into the team and has been star performer in last crucial two matches. Without his performance in match against West Indies, we would not have been in semi-final and without him, we would not have been in finals," Tharoor a Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram, told news agency PTI....