India, March 3 -- India opener Sanju Samson shut down his phone and social media accounts to ensure that he did not lose self-belief during a lean patch that ended with a match-winning knock in the do-or-die T20 World Cup game against the West Indies here.

Samson smashed a 50-ball 97, dotted with 12 fours and four sixes, to steer the side home in a steep chase of 196 in the must-win Super Eight game here on Sunday.

The 31-year-old was brought back to the opening slot following India's heavy loss to South Africa in the Super Eight opener, to break the left-handed monotony of the defending champions' struggling top-order.

"Shot selection was something I kept working on. I did not want to change too much because I knew I had performed wit...