“Actually completely happy for you Chetta” – Former captain lauds Sanju Samson’s heroics after India win T20 World Cup 2026 title

Former India captain Virat Kohli heaped reward on Sanju Samson for his heroics after the Suryakumar Yadav-led aspect beat New Zealand within the T20 World Cup 2026 remaining. Whereas lauding the wicketkeeper-batter for successful the Participant of the Event award, Kohli credited him for stepping up in essential matches for the Males in Blue.

Kohli’s remarks got here after Samson smashed a hat-trick of half-centuries in opposition to the West Indies (97* off 50 balls in digital quarterfinal), England (89 off 42 in semifinal, and the Kiwis (89 off 46 in summit conflict) within the final three video games.

Notably, the Kerala batter managed 46 runs in 5 matches in opposition to the Black Caps within the five-match T20I collection earlier this 12 months. He then scored 22 (8) and 24 (15) in opposition to Namibia and Zimbabwe within the group-stage and Tremendous 8 video games, respectively, however India caught with him for the crunch matches.

Whereas dedicating an Instagram story to Samson, Kohli wrote:

“What a outstanding event from essentially the most nicely deserved man of the event @imsanjusamson. You carried out when it mattered essentially the most. Actually completely happy for you chetta.”

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Sanju Samson completed the event with 321 runs in 5 innings at a strike fee of 199.37.

“They’d the match-winners in them” – Suryakumar Yadav lauds Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma after successful the T20 World Cup 2026 trophy

India captain Suryakumar Yadav lauded Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma whereas crediting the duo for delivering in crunch matches for India within the T20 World Cup 2026. The 35-year-old stated within the post-match present (by way of ESPNcricinfo):

“I feel it is actually essential to know what they’re able to. And I knew that they had the match winners in them. The timing was good. Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma – they’re high gamers, and we knew they’d do one thing particular, they usually did it within the remaining.”

Whereas Samson emerged because the main run-getter for Group India, Abhishek Sharma stepped up within the remaining in opposition to New Zealand, scoring 52 off 21 balls. The World No. 1-ranked batter completed the event with 141 runs in eight innings at a strike fee of 158.42, together with two fifties.

Click on right here to take a look at the IND vs NZ T20 World Cup 2026 remaining full scorecard.