Samson and Bumrah got Player of the Tournament and Final respectively in T20 World Cup 2026.
Team India stars Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah have received overwhelmingly top ratings, as legendary ex-Australian captain Ricky Ponting rated the top performers of the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2026.
India won their record third T20 World Cup by defeating New Zealand in the final on March 8 in Ahmedabad by a huge 96-run margin. With this win, India became the first team to successfully defend its title, as they had won the tournament in 2024 as well, and also became the first host nation to win the T20 World Cup at home.
In his player ratings for the T20 World Cup, former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting gave Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah a score of 9.5 out of 10 each, while top England all-rounder Will Jacks scored a perfect 10/10 score.
Sanju Samson was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for his 321 runs in 5 games, with three fifties, while Jasprit Bumrah won the Player of the Final for his 4/15 bowling figures.
Will Jacks enjoyed a terrific T20 World Cup in his all-rounder role, scoring 226 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 176.56 and taking 9 wickets at an economy of 7.45.
Next were the openers, Tim Seifert and Sahibzada Farhan, who occupied the top two spots in the run charts. The former was awarded nine out of 10, while Farhan received a rating of 9.5.
Seifert made 326 runs in 9 games for New Zealand with a strike rate of 166.32 and a best score of 89*. Sahibzada Farhan broke Virat Kohli’s record for most runs in a single edition of the T20 World Cup and scored 383 runs in 7 games at a strike rate of 160.25. Farhan also became the first batter to hit two centuries in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.