By Admin 
Sanju Samson T20 World Cup Final Record: Sanju Samson played an innings of 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes against New Zealand in the final of T20 World Cup 2026. With this inning, Sanju created history and left behind legends like Virat Kohli, Mitchell Marsh and Kane Williamson. Sanju Samson has come to the first position in the list of these greats.
In fact, now Sanju has become the batsman who scored the highest individual score in the T20 World Cup final. Earlier this record was held in the names of Marlon Samuels and Kane Williamson of West Indies. Both the legends had scored 85-85 runs in the final. Now Sanju has come to the first position in the list with 89 runs. Virat Kohli’s name is present twice in the list with innings of 77 and 76 runs.
Highest individual score in T20 World Cup final
- Sanju Samson 89 (46) – India vs New Zealand (2026)
- Marlon Samuels 85*(66) – West Indies vs England (2016)
- Kane Williamson 85(48) – New Zealand vs Australia (2021)
- Marlon Samuels 78(56) – West Indies vs Sri Lanka (2012)
- Mitchell Marsh 77*(56) – Australia vs New Zealand (2021)
- Virat Kohli 77(58) – India vs Sri Lanka (2014)
- Virat Kohli 76(58) – India vs South Africa (2024)
Sanju’s bat played in the last three matches
Sanju Samson has batted very well in the last three important matches. He missed the century all three times. In the last match of Super-8 against West Indies (Virtual Quarter-Final), Sanju scored 97* runs in 50 balls with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes. Despite remaining unbeaten, Sanju was still just 3 runs away from a century.
After this, in the semi-final against England, Sanju scored 89 runs in 42 balls with 8 fours and 7 sixes. Now in the final also Sanju played an inning of 89 runs. Thus, in the last three matches, Sanju missed a century despite playing big innings.
India made a big total in the final
Batting first in the T20 World Cup final being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Team India scored 255 runs on the board in 20 overs. This became the biggest total of the T20 World Cup final.