Shashi Tharoor becomes fan of Sanju Samson’s explosive innings, posts on social media and praises him

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 2, 2026

IND vs WI: After Sanju’s match-winning innings against West Indies at Eden Garden, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has praised him by sharing a post on social media.

IND vs WI: In the last Super-8 match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026, India has entered the semi-finals by defeating West Indies by 5 wickets. The star wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson was the hero of this victory of Team India. Who played an important inning of 97 runs in 50 balls. With his powerful innings, Samson has impressed the greats of the country. In this context, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has also praised him highly.

Shashi Tharoor praised Samson

In fact, in the Super-8 match played against West Indies, Sanju Samson played an important role in India’s victory by batting stormily. After which senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has shared a post on social media praising him profusely. He said in his post that, I am feeling both proud and relieved at the brilliant innings of Sanju Samson in the virtual quarterfinal match played against West Indies today. I too felt sad for him when he had to be dropped from the team due to his bad first season. But today he has shown the world that he deserved a place in the team from the very beginning. This son of Thiruvananthapuram has brought glory to the country by performing brilliantly. We are proud of Sanju.

Bursting with pride and relief for @IamSanjuSamson after his superlative innings in today’s virtual quarterfinal against the WestIndies. I had suffered for him as earlier setbacks saw him lose his place in the side. Today he showed the world why he deserved to be there in the… pic.twitter.com/Tf8T8UytnG
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 1, 2026

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Sachin Tendulkar praised

Apart from Shashi Tharoor, this excellent performance of Sanju Samson has also been praised by God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar and veteran former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh. Praising him, Sachin said that his calmness in difficult situations proved to be very important for the team. Only such innings help Team O to move forward.

Yuvraj also appreciated

Apart from this, former Indian veteran all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also praised him a lot. He said that Sanju did not get many opportunities in this tournament, but when the team needed him, he played the best innings of his life.