Sanju Samson emerged as the biggest hero for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2026. He played an important role in making the Indian national cricket team the champion by playing brilliant innings of 97 unbeaten runs in the quarter-final against West Indies, 89 runs in the semi-final against England and 89 runs in the final against New Zealand.

Sports News: Sanju Samson has a chance to achieve a big feat in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. If Samson, who left Rajasthan Royals and joined Chennai Super Kings this time, performs brilliantly with his bat, then he can join a special record club of legendary wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni.

So far in IPL history, MS Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper-batsman who has scored more than 5,000 runs in the league. Sanju Samson is very close to this feat and can achieve it in IPL 2026.

Great performance in T20 World Cup 2026

Sanju Samson emerged as the biggest match-winner of the Indian team in the recently played ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. He played brilliant innings continuously in the knockout matches.

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  • Unbeaten 97 runs against West Indies in the quarter finals
  
  
  
  

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  • 89 runs against England in the semi-finals
  
  
  
  

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  • 89 runs against New Zealand in the final
  
  
  
  

Thanks to these innings, the India national cricket team won the title and Samson was counted among the most influential players of the tournament. If this form continues in IPL also, he can create a historic record.

Opportunity to join Dhoni’s special club

MS Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper in IPL history to have scored more than 5,000 runs. Dhoni scored 5,439 runs in 278 matches between 2008 and 2025, which included 24 half-centuries. Although KL Rahul also has more than 5,000 runs to his name, but he did not play every match as a wicketkeeper in his entire career, hence he is not counted in this special list. Sanju Samson is now very close to touching this record.

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  • Match: 177
  
  
  
  

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  • Innings: 172
  
  
  
  

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  • Runs: 4,704
  
  
  
  

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  • Centuries: 3
  
  
  
  

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  • Half century: 26
  
  
  
  

He needs only 296 runs to reach 5,000 runs. If he crosses this figure, he will become the second wicketkeeper-batsman in IPL history to score 5,000 runs.

It will be special to play with Dhoni in CSK

The IPL 2026 season is going to be even more special for Sanju Samson because this time he will play for the same team, whose captain and veteran player is MS Dhoni. Samson was a part of Rajasthan Royals for a long time.

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  • Played for the team continuously since 2018
  
  
  
  

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  • Become captain in 2021
  
  
  
  

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  • Took the team to the finals in 2022
  
  
  
  

After the 2025 season, he decided to leave the team, after which Chennai Super Kings added him through trade. Now if he crosses the 5,000 run mark, then achieving this feat while playing in the same team with Dhoni will be a special memorable moment for him.