Kerala government to honour Sanju Samson after India’s T20 World Cup 2026 triumph
Thiruvananthapuram: Sanju Samson was not in team Indiaโs plan leading to the T20 World Cup 2026. After a flop show in the New Zealand series, he was sidelined with Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma announced as openers. However, the team was forced to tweak their strategy ahead of the Super Eights clash against Zimbabwe as they wanted to inject a right-handed batter at the top of the order. Samson was eventually called up for the role and absolutely stole the show. In a must-win Super Eights clash against West Indies, the keeper-batter smacked an unbeaten 97, while scoring 89 each…