By Admin 
Sanju Samson, T20 World Cup 2026: Before the T20 World Cup 2026, Team India landed against South Africa at DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai for its second and last warm-up match. One thing became clear through this match that opener and wicketkeeper Sanju Samson may have to warm the bench in the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Let us tell you that even in the last T20 World Cup of 2024, Sanju Samson was seen warming the bench. There are chances of something similar happening this time i.e. in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Sanju’s poor form can become a problem for him. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav himself has given a big hint to Sanju to sit out.
Sanju did not get a place in the warm up match against Africa
Sanju Samson did not get a chance to play in the warm-up match against Africa. Captain Surya said after the toss of the match that Ishan Kishan will be seen with Abhishek Sharma at the opening in the match. It happened exactly the same. The pair of Abhishek and Ishaan came to the opening. Here too, Ishaan took advantage of the opportunity and played an inning of 53 runs in just 20 balls with the help of 2 fours and 7 sixes. After this innings Ishaan retired out.
Ishaan staked claim to open
Ishaan’s opening in the last warm-up match before the tournament clearly indicates that his place has been fixed. Before the T20 World Cup, Team India played a 5-match T20 series against New Zealand, in which Ishaan was the second highest run-scorer. He scored 215 runs in 4 innings of 4 matches at an average of 53.75 and a staggering strike rate of 231.18. During this period, he scored 1 century and 1 half-century.
On the other hand, Sanju could score a total of 40 runs in the 5-match series. Therefore, Ishaan’s place being fixed at the opening and Sanju being seen warming the bench seems almost confirmed. Ishaan is also a wicketkeeper like Sanju. Sanju was also seen as wicketkeeper in the warm up match. Now it will be interesting to see with which combination Suryakumar Yadav is seen on the field in the World Cup.