Indian batsman Sanju Samson is looking in great form in the T20 World Cup 2026. His strong performance has played an important role in Team India’s victory in two matches. In the first Super 8 match against West Indies, Samson played a brilliant inning of 97 not out and brought the team out of a difficult situation. Then in the semi-final against England, he laid the foundation of India’s victory by scoring 89 runs.
After Sanju Samson’s brilliant innings, an old video is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is seen encouraging him. This video is from the early days of the tournament, when Samson was not included in the playing XI for the match against USA. At that time Rohit hugged him and said, ‘Don’t be sad brother. The tournament is long, your chance can come any time.
Before the final against New Zealand on Sunday, Rohit Sharma told why he had done this. Rohit said, ‘I can recognize the pulse of a player. I myself have suffered the pain of being left out of the 2011 World Cup team. I know how it feels when you sit out in such a big tournament. ICC shared this statement on its Instagram page.
Actually, Sanju Samson’s performance in the T20 series played against New Zealand just before the T20 World Cup 2026 was not good. For this reason the team management did not give him a chance in the initial matches. However, due to Abhishek Sharma being ill in the group stage match against Namibia, Samson was included in the playing-11. But as soon as Abhishek became fit, Samson had to sit out of the team again.
In the Super-8 stage of the tournament, the team management changed the strategy and gave Sanju Samson a chance once again. This time he did not make any mistake and showed wonders with his bat. By scoring unbeaten 97 runs against West Indies and 89 runs against England, he proved that he is a player of big matches. These innings of his played an important role in taking India to the final.
