Top 10 players with most Man of Match awards in T20Is

most Man of Match awards in T20Is Shahid Afridi

Top 10 players with most Man of Match awards in T20Is

There is no greater feeling than being on the winning side in cricket. However if that triumph is being credited to your accounts courtesy some brilliant performance, the bliss gets added a hundred folds. Thus players with most man of match awards must be in heaven as of now. Just saying!

The reality is, being the show stopper on a particular day really means a lot for a human psyche. While in cricket being a man of the match signifies the importance of a player. As well it boosts the morale of a player to repeat the performance.  Getting most man of match awards in T20 internationals feat is comparatively easier as compared to other two formats. T20 cricket being the shortest version of the game concludes really quickly. Similarly in order to be the player of the day one does not have to hassle much. Simply put a good performance in the shortest period as offered by the team and you are a hero. On the other hand longer formats of the game require a more consistent thus painstaking performance to be named as the player of the match.

most Man of Match awards in T20Is Afridi

Likewise, a relatively good performance in two fields of cricket usually gets a higher chance of ranking a player as the man of the match as compared to a better performance in a single side. Thus cricket all-rounders usually have higher chances of being the man of the match. The fact is indeed true in case of t20. Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi leads the race of most man of match awards at present. The star player is the one with most number of t20 games played as well. Afridi has a total of 11 MOM awards on his name in 98 games. Though Shahid Afridi is on top but his record is under real threat by none other than Virat Kohli.

most Man of Match awards in T20Is Virat Kohli

The Indian runs-machine has done a great progress in limited overs cricket in recent years. Currently Virat Kohli is with second most man of match awards on his name. After playing just 43 T20I games Virat Kohli has already won 9 Man of the match awards. Similarly Afghanistan wicket keeping batsman Mohammad Shahzad is also progressing much quickly than Shahid Afridi. The full list of 10 players with most man of the match awards is as under.

Top 10 players with most Man of Match awards in T20Is

Player Span Matches Awards
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 2006-2016 98 11
V Kohli (India) 2010-2016 43 9
Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) 2010-2016 48 9
CH Gayle (WI) 2006-2016 50 9
SR Watson (Aus) 2006-2016 58 9
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 2006-2016 77 8
Yuvraj Singh (India) 2007-2016 55 7
MJ Guptill (NZ) 2009-2016 61 7
BB McCullum (NZ) 2005-2015 71 7
Umar Akmal (Pak) 2009-2016 79 7

Top 10 players with most Man of Match awards in T20Is

  1. Shahid Afridi
  2. V Kohli
  3. Mohammad Shahzad
  4. CH Gayle
  5. SR Watson
  6. Mohammad Hafeez
  7. Yuvraj Singh
  8. MJ Guptill
  9. BB McCullum
  10. Umar Akmal

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