By Admin 
Sanju Samson single-handedly took Team India to the semi-finals of the 2026 T20 World Cup… It would not be wrong at all to say this. Chasing the target of 196 runs in the last match of Super-8 against West Indies, Sanju played an inning of 97* runs in 50 balls. But India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir described Sanju’s innings as equivalent to Shivam Dubey’s 2 fours.
Let us tell you that apart from Sanju, no other Indian batsman could cross the 30-run mark. Shivam Dubey scored 8 runs in 4 balls with the help of 2 fours. However, Dubey had hit fours at a very important time, keeping this in mind, Gautam Gambhir made a big statement.
Gautam Gambhir’s statement
After Team India reached the semi-finals, Gautam Gambhir, while speaking in the press conference, said, “I think for me, Shivam Dubey’s two important fours are as important as Sanju Samson’s 97 runs because if he had not been able to hit fours, perhaps there would not have been any talk about that 97 runs. So his small contribution was very special and this is a team game and will always be a team game.”
Gautam Gambhir does not trust statistics
Talking about PC statistics, Gambhir said, “To be honest, I don’t believe in statistics. I have never seen statistics. I don’t even know what statistics are. I don’t believe in them at all, because I think they are mostly based on intuition.”
What did you say about the semi-finals?
In the semi-finals, Team India will face England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Talking about this match, Gambhir said, “Their team (England) is a world class team. They also have many excellent players. We all know that playing at Wankhede is not easy. Hopefully we will perform well.”