Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 8 wickets. In this match, Sanju Samson and Karthik Sharma were the heroes of CSK’s victory. Young player Karthik played an inning of 41 runs and also hit the winning shot in the form of a four for the team. On the other hand, Sanju Samson returned unbeaten after scoring 87 runs in 52 balls. Samson may have missed scoring a century, but he has left Virat Kohli behind in a special list.
Samson came out ahead
Actually, here we are talking about the best average in IPL 2026. If we talk about batsmen who have scored 300 or more runs in a season, Samson’s average is the best among all the batsmen. So far, Samson has scored 402 runs while playing 10 matches in the IPL 2026 tournament and he has scored these runs at an average of 57.43. On the other hand, Virat Kohli has scored 379 runs at an average of 54.14.
Best average in IPL 2026 (300+ runs)
- 57.43 – Sanju Samson (CSK)
- 54.67 – Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)
- 54.29 – Ryan Rickleton (MI)
- 54.14 – Virat Kohli (RCB)
- 53.13 – Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
Sanju Samson has gained tremendous momentum. He has already played 2 century innings this season and could have scored his third century in IPL 2026 against Delhi Capitals today. If Samson had completed the century, he would have joined the list of batsmen in history who have scored three or more centuries within a season.
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Samson went ahead of David Warner
Sanju Samson has not moved ahead in terms of average only after playing an inning of 87 runs against Delhi Capitals. So far in the history of IPL, he has overtaken David Warner in terms of most sixes. In the match against Delhi, Samson hit 6 sixes, making him 240 sixes in his IPL career. He left Warner (236 sixes) behind.
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