Ahmedabad, March 8 -- When the big stage called, Sanju Samson answered like a man possessed. In the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 final against New Zealand, Samson delivered a knockout innings of 89 off 46 balls, turning what could have been a tense chase into an exhibition of timing, power, and sheer audacity.
This was no ordinary knock, it was Samson's third consecutive fifty-plus score in T20 World Cup knockout matches, a feat only previously accomplished by legends like Shahid Afridi in 2009 and Virat Kohli in 2014. The pressure of a semifinal, the weight of a final, and Samson's bat never wavered.
He pounced on every scoring opportunity, dispatching Rachin Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson, and James Neesham to the sightscreen with sixes that...