Sanju Samson broke 10 records of Virat Kohli in T20 World Cup 2026, this happened for the first time in history

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 10, 2026

Sanju Samson Breaks Virat Kohli Record: The comeback of Team India’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson in the T20 World Cup 2026 is no less than a dream. Within 2 weeks his fortunes took such a turn that everyone was left to watch. At the beginning of the tournament, he was not getting a place in the playing eleven, when he returned after completing half the journey, the Indian team was going through a difficult phase. After losing against South Africa in the Super-8 stage, every match had taken the form of not-out. In such a situation, Sanju Samson came and scored a hat-trick of fifty. His performance is so amazing that due to this, not 1 or 2 but 10 records of Team India’s superstar batsman Virat Kohli have been broken.

first record

Sanju Samson is at third place in terms of scoring most runs in T20 World Cup 2026. He has become the Indian batsman to score the most runs in a T20 World Cup, earlier this record was in the name of Virat Kohli, he had scored 319 runs in the year 2014, while Sanju touched the figure of 321 runs.

second record

Sanju Samson played the second highest innings in the knock-out matches of the T20 World Cup. He played innings of 89 runs in the semi-finals and final. Virat had scored the same number of runs against West Indies in the year 2016.

third record

Virat Kohli had scored 76 runs in 59 balls in the final of T20 World Cup 2024, Sanju Samson has overtaken him by scoring 89 runs in the final. The third name in this list is that of head coach Gautam Gambhir, he had scored 75 runs against Pakistan in the final of T20 World Cup 2007.

fourth record

Sanju Samson’s unbeaten inning of 97 runs against West Indies is the highest score by India while chasing in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, Virat Kohli had scored 89 runs against West Indies in T20 World Cup 2016.

fifth record

Virat Kohli hit 11 fours during his 89-run innings against West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2016, which was the most number of fours hit by any Indian in an innings of the T20 World Cup. Now Sanju Samson has captured this record also by hitting 12 fours.

– Broke Virat Kohli’s record in the quarterfinal.
– Broke Virat Kohli’s record in the semi-final.
– Broke Virat Kohli’s record in the final.
Nah man, Sanju Samson, how did you do this? This is unreal. Even Virat Kohli himself would be proud watching this performance. pic.twitter.com/z6c8Vfyl30
— Mahi Patel (@Mahi_Patel_07) March 8, 2026

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sixth record

In the year 2014, Virat Kohli had made the record of scoring the most runs in consecutive innings in the T20 World Cup. But now Sanju Samson has made this record in his name. He played innings of 97, 89 and 89 runs against West Indies, England and New Zealand respectively.

seventh record

Sanju Samson has become the Indian batsman who has hit the most sixes in the knock-out matches of the T20 World Cup. He hit 7 sixes in the semi-final against England and 8 sixes in the final against New Zealand. Earlier this record was in the name of Virat Kohli.

eighth record

Sanju Samson has now become the batsman who has played the biggest innings against West Indies in the history of T20 World Cup. He scored 97 runs unbeaten, earlier this record was in the share of Virat Kohli. He played an inning of 89 runs in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2016.

ninth record

Virat Kohli batted for a total of 146 minutes in the T20 World Cup 2012, improving this record and Sanju Samson has gone ahead of him. While he returned unbeaten in the match against West Indies, he was out after the 12th over in the semi-finals and final.

tenth record

The match between India and West Indies was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. By playing an inning of 97 runs in this match, Sanju Samson became the Indian who played the biggest innings on the Kolkata ground in the T20 World Cup. Earlier this record was in the name of Virat Kohli, he had scored unbeaten 89 runs in the year 2016.

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