Sanju Samson eyes big records, will be included in Dhoni’s list as soon as he does so in the final against New Zealand

Sanju Samson 1 Run Away: The final match of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played between India and New Zealand on March 8. This title match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. During this match, Indian team’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson can achieve a big achievement. Sanju Samson will join Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s list after scoring just 1 run in this match.

Everyone will have high expectations from Sanju Samson in the final match of T20 World Cup. If Sanju Samson manages to score 1 run in the final match, then he will join the special list along with Dhoni. Who has scored more than 1000 runs in T20 cricket while playing for India. Till now, Dhoni is the first wicketkeeper batsman to score 1000 runs in T20 cricket for India.

Dhoni played 98 T20Is for India from 2006 to 2019 and scored 1617 runs in 85 innings as a wicketkeeper-batsman. During this period, Dhoni also won the 2007 World Cup. On the other hand there is Sanju Samson. Who made his T20I debut for India against Zimbabwe in 2015, has 999 runs in T20Is as a wicketkeeper-batsman. During this period, Sanju has played 44 matches so far. In the list of wicketkeeper-batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20Is for India, Dhoni and Samson are followed by Rishabh Pant (996) and Ishan Kishan (545).

India’s highest run scorer as a wicketkeeper-batsman in T20Is

The world record for scoring most runs as a wicketkeeper-batsman in T20I is in the name of England’s Jos Buttler. Buttler has scored a total of 3592 runs in 127 T20I matches for England. South Africa’s Quinton de Kock and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan are the other cricketers to have scored more than 3,000 runs in T20I cricket as wicketkeeper-batsmen.

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Players who have scored the most runs as a wicketkeeper-batsman in T20I