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Sanju Samson has made a big revelation while remembering his most difficult phase during the T20 World Cup 2026. After poor performance in the five-match T20 series against New Zealand, he was left out of the playing eleven of the Indian team in the initial matches of the tournament. In his place, Ishan Kishan got a chance to open the innings with Abhishek Sharma. Rohit Sharma, who was playing the role of ICC ambassador at that time, tried to encourage Sanju.

Rohit Sharma had told Sanju, “Don’t be disappointed brother. This is a long tournament. You will definitely get a chance. The opportunity can come any time.” However, Sanju Samson admitted that at that time he was so disappointed that he did not believe what Rohit Sharma said. He said, “To be honest, I did not believe what he said at that time. He may have said this from his experience and heart, but I could not understand his thinking that day.”

time taken to recover from disappointment
Sanju Samson told that the World Cup started just two days after the end of the New Zealand series, so he did not get time to recover mentally. He said that it takes him about a week to recover from any failure. He does not hide his feelings, so his disappointment was clearly visible on his face. He went through this phase for about four to five days, but after this he started making himself mentally strong.

Made a brilliant comeback and became player of the tournament
Sanju told that he started questioning himself why he plays cricket and what is his real purpose. This introspection gave him new energy and when he got the opportunity, he took full advantage of it. Sanju scored 321 runs in five matches in the tournament. His average was 80.25 and strike rate was 199.37. He became India’s highest run-scorer and the third most successful run scorer of the entire tournament. Thanks to his brilliant performance, India won the T20 World Cup title on home soil and Sanju Samson was chosen as the Player of the Tournament.