Sanju Samson’s bat thundered against West Indies, the record innings took India to the semi-finals.

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 1, 2026

IND vs WI: In the Super-8 match played against West Indies at Eden Gardens, the bat of Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has spoken fiercely.

IND vs WI: In the Super-8 match played against West Indies at Eden Gardens, the bat of Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has spoken fiercely. In this match, he scored a brilliant half-century in just 26 balls. Samson, who was struggling to score runs for a long time, batted stormily and played an unbeaten inning of 97 runs in 50 balls, with this he broke Virat Kohli’s 10-year-old record.

Sanju Samson hits a stormy fifty

Sanju Samson gave a strong start to the Indian team chasing the target of 196 runs given by West Indies. As soon as he came, he adopted an aggressive stance and attacked the West Indies bowlers fiercely and by completing his half-century in just 26 balls, he took Team India to a strong position.

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Ended the drought of 12 innings

Let us tell you, before this, Indian star wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson had played a half-century of 56 runs off 45 balls against Oman during the Asia Cup 2025. After this, he has not scored a half-century in 12 consecutive innings. His high score during this period has been 39. This has been the fourth half-century of Samson’s T20 career.

97 runs scored in 50 balls

Sanju Samson played an important role in India’s victory against West Indies by playing explosive batting and playing a stormy innings of 97 runs in just 50 balls. Samson hit 12 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.

Cometh the hour, cometh Sanju Samson! 🫡
9⃣7⃣*(50) – A knock for the ages to take #TeamIndia into the semi-finals 👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/ur4pr8Bi3K#T20WorldCup | #MenInBlue | #INDvWI | @IamSanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/ftJRp2wMTE
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 1, 2026

Kohli’s record broken

In Kolkata, Sanju has made a record of playing the biggest innings for Nazrat by hitting an unbeaten 97 runs while chasing in the T20 World Cup. He has broken Indian veteran batsman Virat Kohli’s 10-year-old record of unbeaten 82 runs made against Australia in Mohali in 2016.