New Delhi: Which is the biggest T20 league in the world? In answer to this question, most of the cricket lovers will give only one answer, Indian Premier League. As time went by, the popularity and scope of this tournament increased. But who is the biggest match winner of this tournament? Who holds the man of the match record for most times?
There are few cricketers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni who have been a part of one or the other team in all 19 editions of IPL so far. Dhoni has not played a single match yet. This Indian star trio is in the top five in the list of cricketers who have won the most Man of the Match awards. However, none of them have won the Man of the Match award for the most number of times. Who owns that achievement?
ABD de Villiers owns that achievement. It is only natural that ABD’s name comes up when the topic of the greatest match winner of recent times comes up. Some amazing innings, some outstanding catches make ABD still fond of fans today. Protea legends will undoubtedly get the title of legends on the stage of IPL. De Villiers holds the record for most man of the match 25 times in IPL. De Villiers, another former teammate of Kohli and RCB legend Chris Gayle is second in the list. No matter how many times the ‘Universe Boss’ has single-handedly destroyed the bowling attack of the opponent, no matter how many matches he has won. So no one will be surprised to see him in this list. Gayle has been man of the match 22 times in this tournament.
After these two foreign legends, Virat Kohli is at the third place. KKRVirat Kohli recently scored the ninth century of his IPL career against Thanks to that innings, his team easily defeated the Knights by chasing more than 190 runs. Due to this innings Kohli Be the man of the match. This was ‘King’s 21st man of the match award in IPL. Along with him, Rohit Sharma, another superstar of the current generation of India, has the same number of Man of the Match awards. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is fifth in the list after Ro-Ko. Mahi has been man of the match 18 times in his IPL career. But he is not alone, this feat is jointly held by another cricketer.
He is the highest run-getter by foreign cricketer in IPL. Understanding the name of this cricketer is not very complicated. talking IPL Winning captain and legendary batsman David Warner. The former Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketer has won the best of the match 18 times with Dhoni.