Sanju Samson And Abhishek Sharma: A match-winning partnership was seen between Indian openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson in the final of T20 World Cup 2026. Both the players had scored runs at a fast pace from the beginning of the match. Due to which the Indian team won by 96 runs and won the title for the third time.

The pair recently appeared together on a stage, where Sanju Samson took a dig at Abhishek's popularity and exposed the rest of the players of Team India.

Why are the team players 'jealous' of Abhishek?

Indian opener Sanju Samson recently made an interesting revelation about his opening partner Abhishek Sharma at the India Today Conclave 2026. He humorously told that some players of the team were a little jealous of Abhishek's rapidly growing stardom and the loud cheers of the fans. Samson also gave marriage advice to Abhishek in a light-hearted manner.

Samson said, 'In the beginning, the resonance of Abhishek's name was so strong that other players used to think, do people only look at him? The sounds of 'Abhishek, Abhishek' echoed everywhere, which made the other teammates a little jealous. But yes, Abhishek is now the 'superstar' of the team. After this, Samson also gave advice to Abhishek with a pinch and said, 'Now get married brother!'

Apart from this, while talking about his and Abhishek's partnership, Samson said that this pair is not of fire and ice, but of fire and fire. He said that sometimes Abhishek sets the fire, sometimes he himself, and the Kerala-Punjabi bond between the two is so strong that there is no problem in understanding on the field.

On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma said about his partnership with Samson that Sanju Bhai is a very sorted person, he is a very loving, very caring person.

Now there will be face to face in IPL

However, this pair will now be seen playing against each other. Abhishek Sharma plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad team in IPL. At the same time, Sanju Samson will play for Chennai Super Kings this time. CSK has traded Sanju to Rajasthan team. At the same time, Abhishek is a part of Hyderabad team since 2019.