Sanju Samson records historic third consecutive fifty:5 heroes who won India 3rd T20 World Cup title; Jasprit Bumrah finishes as leading wicket-taker

India has won the T20 World Cup. The team defeated New Zealand by 96 runs on Sunday night. While all players contributed to this trophy, some players proved themselves by performing in difficult situations. In this story, we are telling about 5 such players who played a crucial role in making India the T20 World Champion. The first name in this list was Sanju Samson. After that, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube were included. 5 heroes who made India World Champion 1. Sanju Samson scored fifties in big matches Kerala’s wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson proved to be a trump card for India. He scored fifties in all matches for the team. Sanju, who was struggling for a place in the playing-11 during the league stage, got a chance in the do-or-die match played against West Indies in Kolkata. Samson played an unbeaten 97-run innings on a challenging batting pitch to take India to a fighting total. Not only that, he played 89-run innings against England in the semifinal match and 89 runs against New Zealand in the final match. He was India’s top scorer in this tournament. He was chosen as Player of the Tournament. 2. Jasprit Bumrah becomes highest wicket-taker in T20 WC 2026 Jasprit Bumrah was the Player of the Final. He took 4 wickets for 15 runs in his quota of four overs against New Zealand. Not only that, he also became the top wicket-taker of this tournament. He took 14 wickets in 8 matches. 3. Ishan Kishan scores 3 fifties, first against Pakistan Opener Ishan Kishan, who was selected in the team at the last moment before the T20 World Cup, scored 3 fifties in the tournament. He scored 52 runs off 21 balls with a strike rate of 247.61 in the final match. Kishan shared a 105-run partnership with Sanju Samson in 48 balls. Earlier, Ishan came to open against Pakistan, but Abhishek Sharma got out for zero in front of him. After this, he had an 88-run partnership with Tilak Varma for the second wicket. This partnership played a crucial role in taking the team to a score of 175 runs. Ishan scored 77 runs. 4. Hardik Pandya with 217 runs and 9 wickets Hardik Pandya contributed with both bat and ball. He scored 217 runs in 9 matches with one fifty. He batted with a strike rate of 160.74. Not only this, Pandya also took 9 wickets. Hardik Pandya gave an all-round performance in the semi-final against England. He scored 27 runs off 12 balls at a strike rate of 225 and took Team India’s score past 250. While bowling, he took Phil Salt’s wicket on the very first ball. He gave only 9 runs in the 19th over and secured the win. 5. Shivam Dube scored runs at a strike rate of 225 in the final India had scored 203 runs in 15 overs in the final match. Then Jimmy Neesham sent Sanju Samson (89 runs), Ishan Kishan (52 runs) and Suryakumar Yadav (zero) back to the pavilion in the 16th over. After that, only 28 runs were scored in the next 24 balls. In such a situation, it seemed difficult for Team India to even reach 250. In this situation, Shivam Dube hit two sixes and 3 fours in Jimmy Neesham’s over. Thanks to his innings of 26 runs off 8 balls, Team India scored 255 runs in the final. He had played an innings of 43 runs off 25 balls against England in the semifinal.