Short ball or full ball, Sanju Samson proves once again that when on song he is unstoppable in T20 cricket | Cricket News
4 min readMumbaiMar 5, 2026 08:28 PM IST Sanju Samson was not meant to play a decisive role at this T20 World Cup until 10 days ago. He had been biding his time on the bench even as Ishan Kishan cemented his place in the playing XI. But fate seems to have its own plan, and it seemed like the 31-year-old was destined to have a late impact in this tournament. After his aura-defining, unbeaten knock of 97 runs in 50 balls against the West Indies in Kolkata, the right-hander gave further proof of his big-match temperament on Thursday, in a stroke-filled, belligerent innings of 89 off 42 balls against England in the semi-final in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium crowd. Jofra Archer may have seen eyes light up after seeing the grass in the middle of the Mumbai pitch. Nothing else would have explained why he decided to go short in the first over. Samson has shown a tendency to hang on the backfoot with a high backlift, and the short length from …









