How much money did Sanju Samson get separately? Hit 3 consecutive fifties in the World Cup
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Sanju Samson T20 World Cup Prize Money: Sanju Samson scored 321 runs in just 5 matches of the World Cup. He also created history by playing three consecutive half-century innings against West Indies, England and New Zealand. For this brilliant performance he was chosen Player of the Tournament.
How much money did Sanju Samson get separately? Hit 3 consecutive fifties in the World Cup
New Delhi. Opener Sanju Samson played an important role in helping the Indian team win the ICC T20 World Cup title. He batted brilliantly and scored fifty in three consecutive matches. By scoring 89 runs against New Zealand in the final, the foundation of the team’s mountain-like score was laid. He was chosen ‘Player of the Tournament’ for his strong batting in the T20 World Cup.
In the initial matches, the Indian team fielded Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan as the opening pair. After the crushing defeat against South Africa in Super 8, Sanju Samson was given this responsibility along with Abhishek. Ishan Kishan was sent to bat at number three. Sanju Samson scored 321 runs in just 5 matches of the World Cup. He also created history by playing three consecutive half-century innings against West Indies, England and New Zealand. For this brilliant performance he was chosen Player of the Tournament.
Three consecutive explosive half-centuries
Sanju Samson returned as an opener and played an innings of 24 runs against Zimbabwe. After this, playing an unbeaten inning of 97 runs against West Indies in a do or die match took the team to victory. After this, he scored 89 in the semi-final against England and was out after playing the same number of runs in the final against New Zealand.
How much separate reward did Sanju Samson get?
In the ICC T20 World Cup, a player is given a prize money of 25,000 US dollars i.e. approximately 21 lakh Indian rupees for becoming the player of the tournament. On becoming the player of the match, 10 thousand dollars are given. According to India, this is approximately Rs 8.4 lakh. Prize money is already fixed for the team in ICC T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, Champions Trophy. According to the rules, ICC does not give cash prize to any player for individual awards like Player of the Match and Player of the Series received during matches and tournaments. Players are given awards in the form of trophies and medals.
T20 World Cup final prize money
Sanju Samson – 21 Lakh – Player of the Tournament
Jasprit Bumrah – 8.4 Lakh – Player of the Match
How much prize money did India get for becoming world champion?
India is the first country in the history of ICC T20 World Cup to win the title twice consecutively. The team has won this trophy a total of 3 times. After winning the final, the Indian team got prize money of 3 million dollars i.e. approximately Rs 27.48 crore.
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