Former India captain <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/dilip-vengsarkar-slams-mumbai-poor-fielding-after-ranji-trophy-exit-23616034" rel="nofollow">Dilip Vengsarkar</a> credited attacking opener Sanju Samson&rsquo;s brilliant performance in the knockouts for India&rsquo;s recent T20 World Cup triumph.
Vengsarkar hailed Samson especially for playing orthodox knocks and said that he advises his academy players to play in similar fashion.
Apart from his match-winning 46-ball 89 in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Samson&rsquo;s 89 versus England in the semi-final at Mumbai and unbeaten 97 against West Indies in a must-win Super Eights game in Kolkata played a crucial role in India defending their T20 World Cup title.&nbsp;
<img title="Dilip Vengsarkar at a book release function in Bandra on Friday. Pic/Atul Kamble" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/mar/Samson-kept-b_e.jpg" alt="Dilip Vengsarkar at a book release function in Bandra on Friday. Pic/Atul Kamble" width="1280" height="720" />Dilip Vengsarkar at a book release function in Bandra on Friday. Pic/Atul Kamble
&ldquo;I tell the players at my academy how <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/sanju-samson-opens-up-about-his-conversation-with-sachin-tendulkar-during-the-t20-world-cup-2026-23620132" rel="nofollow">Sanju Samson</a> played orthodox shots. He doesn&rsquo;t play flamboyantly, like a reverse sweep or those kinds of shots played in this [T20] format. He scored runs off orthodox shots. When you play those flamboyant shots, the margin for error is very limited. So, all should learn from Samson to be as consistent. He [Samson] has always been a good player, there&rsquo;s no question about it,&rdquo; Vengsarkar told mid-day on the sidelines of a function to launch author Devendra Prabhudesai&rsquo;s book, Running Between the Wickets, at MIG Cricket Club in Bandra on Friday.
Vengsarkar, a veteran of 116 Tests, revealed that he was expecting a close final against the Kiwis, but admitted it was special to see the way India dominated the proceedings. &ldquo;The way we won [the T20 World Cup final], that&rsquo;s important, because it was an extremely emphatic win. They [NZ] are a strong team and we had expected a close finish, but India completely dominated right from the word go.
&ldquo;India is now No. 1 in the world, one of the best teams in world cricket, and it&rsquo;s an honour. Everybody played well, Surya [skipper Yadav] and all his boys did very well,&rdquo; added Vengsarkar.&nbsp;

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