Player of the match awards ( cricket ) - wikipedia Player of the match awards ( cricket ) In sport of cricket, a Man of the Match or Player of the Match and Player of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a player from either team, usually the winning team. In cricket, the man of the match award became a regular feature in Test matches in the mid 1980s. The man of the match title is usually awarded to the player whose contribution is seen as the most critical in winning the game. However, there have been many instances when the performance of the losing team 's player has earned him the award. In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played, which is then followed by Muttiah Muralitharan with 19 awards. In ODIs, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match titles, with 62 awards in 463 matches played. Tendulkar is followed by Sanath Jayasuriya, who, along with Ricky Ponting, also holds the record for the maximum number of Man of the Match titles as captain. In Twenty20 Internationals, Shahid Afridi top ranked with 11 awards, followed by Virat Kohli with 10 awards. Contents 1 Test Cricket 1.1 Most Player - of - the Match Awards 1.2 Most Player - of - the Series Awards 2 One Day International Cricket 2.1 Most Player - of - the Match Awards 2.2 Most Player - of - the Series Awards 3 Twenty20 International Cricket 3.1 Most Player - of - the Match Awards 4 All Formats 4.1 Most Player - of - the Match Awards 4.2 Most Player - of - the Series Awards 5 Shared awards 5.1 Team Man of the Match Awards 5.2 Joint awards in Tests 6 References Test Cricket Most Player - of - the Match Awards No. of Awards Player Matches Career 23 Jacques Kallis South Africa 166 1995 -- 2013 19 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 133 1992 -- 2010 17 Wasim Akram Pakistan 104 1985 -- 2002 17 Shane Warne Australia 145 1992 -- 2007 16 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 134 2000 -- 2015 16 Ricky Ponting Australia 168 1995 -- 2012 14 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 98 1988 -- 2000 14 Steve Waugh Australia 168 1985 -- 2004 14 Sachin Tendulkar India 200 1989 -- 2013 13 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 149 1997 -- 2014 Last updated : 1 March 2017 Most Player - of - the Series Awards No. of Awards Player No. of Series Career 11 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 61 1992 -- 2010 9 Jacques Kallis South Africa 61 1995 -- 2013 8 Imran Khan Pakistan 28 1971 -- 1992 8 Richard Hadlee New Zealand 33 1973 -- 1990 8 Shane Warne Australia 46 1992 -- 2007 7 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 2011 -- Pre 7 Wasim Akram Pakistan 43 1985 -- 2002 7 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 60 1994 -- 2015 6 Malcolm Marshall West Indies 21 1978 -- 1991 6 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 27 1988 -- 2000 6 Steve Waugh Australia 54 1985 -- 2004 Last updated : 1 March 2017 One Day International Cricket Most Player - of - the Match Awards No. of Awards Player Matches Career 62 Sachin Tendulkar India 463 1989 -- 2012 48 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 445 1989 -- 2011 32 Jacques Kallis South Africa 328 1996 -- 2014 32 Ricky Ponting Australia 375 1995 -- 2012 33 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 398 1996 -- 2015 31 Vivian Richards West Indies 187 1975 -- 1991 31 Sourav Ganguly India 311 1992 -- 2007 31 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 404 2000 -- 2015 30 Brian Lara West Indies 299 1990 -- 2007 30 Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka 308 1984 -- 2003 Last updated : 1 March 2017 Most Player - of - the Series Awards No. of Awards Player No. of Series Career 15 Sachin Tendulkar India 109 1989 -- 2012 11 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 111 1989 -- 2011 9 Shaun Pollock South Africa 60 1996 -- 2008 7 Vivian Richards West Indies 40 1975 -- 1991 7 Hashim Amla South Africa 45 2008 - Pre 7 Chris Gayle West Indies 65 1999 - Pre 7 Yuvraj Singh India 71 2000 -- Pre 7 Sourav Ganguly India 75 1992 -- 2007 7 Ricky Ponting Australia 77 1995 -- 2012 6 AB de Villiers South Africa 60 2005 - Pre 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 71 2004 - Pre Last updated : 25 October 2017 Twenty20 International Cricket Most Player - of - the Match Awards No. of Awards Player Matches Career 35 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 98 2006 -- 2016 10 Virat Kohli India 50 2010 - Pre 9 Chris Gayle West Indies 51 2006 - Pre 9 Mohammad Shahzad Afghanistan 58 2010 - Pre 9 Shane Watson Australia 58 2006 -- 2016 8 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan 77 2006 - Pre 7 Yuvraj Singh India 55 2007 - Pre 7 Martin Guptill New Zealand 61 2009 - Pre 7 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 71 2005 -- 2015 7 Umar Akmal Pakistan 84 2009 - Pre Last updated : 6 September 2017 All formats Note : Players in bold are still active in international cricket. Most Player - of - the Match Awards No. of Awards Player Matches Tests ODIs T20Is 76 Sachin Tendulkar India 664 14 62 0 58 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 586 48 6 57 Jacques Kallis South Africa 519 23 32 50 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 594 16 31 49 Ricky Ponting Australia 560 16 32 45 Virat Kohli India 329 7 28 10 42 Brian Lara West Indies 430 12 30 0 41 Vivian Richards West Indies 308 10 31 0 41 Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka 401 11 30 0 41 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 652 13 22 6 Last updated : 2 September 2017 Most player - of - the series awards Note : Players in bold are still active in international cricket. No. of Awards Player Series Tests ODIs T20Is 20 Sachin Tendulkar India 183 5 15 0 15 Jacques Kallis South Africa 148 9 6 0 13 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 176 11 0 11 Shaun Pollock South Africa 107 9 0 11 Chris Gayle West Indies 125 7 11 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 136 7 0 11 Ricky Ponting Australia 147 7 0 11 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 155 11 0 0 10 Imran Khan Pakistan 74 8 0 10 Hashim Amla South Africa 102 7 0 Last updated : 2 September 2017 Shared awards Few instances in international cricket has been witnessed the sharing of awards. This sharing sometimes awarded to two players of the same side or players with the two sides, who had better clinical performances towards the opponent. In these occasions, the commentators and other awards given authorities held on to share the awards, without giving the award to the player of the winning team. Test cricket has witnessed rare instances when a joint award for man of the match or man of the series has been announced. However, in ODIs and Twenty20 this phenomenon is usually seen when the member of the losing team is the highest scorer, such as when Charles Coventry ( 194 ) and Tamim Iqbal ( 154 ) shared the award when Zimbabwe lost the match. In another interesting match held on 3 April 1996, the whole team from New Zealand was awarded the Men of the Match award by adjudicator Basil Butcher who pronounced it a team performance. It was the first instance when a whole team was awarded it. Only three occasions, one in test cricket and two in ODI cricket has been recorded, where whole team was awarded with man of the match by considering their team performances, rather than individual performances. Team man of the match awards In Test cricket, South Africa has been awarded Team man of the match award, in the West Indies tour in 1998 / 99 season. The match was won by South Africa by 351 runs and whole 11 players awarded the man of the match award. 15 -- 18 January Scorecard South Africa West Indies 313 ( 92.5 overs ) Mark Boucher 100 ( 183 ) Courtney Walsh 6 / 80 ( 24.5 overs ) 144 ( 47.1 overs ) Brian Lara 68 ( 77 ) Allan Donald 5 / 49 ( 13 overs ) 399 / 5 d ( 115.2 overs ) Gary Kirsten 134 ( 305 ) Carl Hooper 3 / 117 ( 36.2 overs ) 217 ( 75.2 overs ) Ridley Jacobs 78 ( 92 ) Paul Adams 4 / 64 ( 21.2 overs ) South Africa won by 351 runs SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires : Aleem Dar ( Pak ) and Billy Bowden ( NZ ) Player of the match : South Africa West Indies won the toss and elected to field. This is the first time that the West Indies lost a series 5 -- 0. In ODI cricket, New Zealand team has been awarded man of the match award for their team performances to 4 run victory against the West Indies on 3 April 1996. On 1 September 1996, Pakistan team has been awarded man of the match for their team performance against England for their 2 wicket win. 3 April 1996 Scorecard New Zealand 158 ( 35.5 overs ) West Indies 154 ( 49.1 overs ) Craig Spearman 41 ( 39 ) Laurie Williams 3 / 16 ( 4.5 overs ) Roland Holder 49 * ( 86 ) Chris Cairns 2 / 17 ( 5.1 overs ) New Zealand won by 4 runs Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires : Clyde Duncan ( WI ) and Eddie Nicholls ( WI ) Player of the match : New Zealand West Indies won the toss and elected to field. 1 September 1996 Scorecard England 246 ( 50 overs ) Pakistan 247 / 8 ( 49.4 overs ) Nick Knight 125 * ( 145 ) Wasim Akram 3 / 45 ( 10 overs ) Saeed Anwar 61 ( 59 ) Adam Hollioake 4 / 45 ( 8.4 overs ) Pakistan won by 2 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires : John Holder ( Eng ) and David Shepherd ( Eng ) Player of the match : Pakistan England won the toss and elected to bat. Shahid Anwar, Shadab Kabir and Shahid Nazir ( All Pak ) made their ODI debuts. Joint awards in Tests Joint awards are sometimes given to two players, either from the same team or one from each team. As of 2017, there have been 14 instances where two players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket. # Match Venue Date MoM 1 MoM 2 Result India v Sri Lanka Nagpur 27 December 1986 Dilip Vengsarkar Maninder Singh India won New Zealand v West Indies Christchurch 12 March 1987 Richard Hadlee Ewen Chatfield New Zealand won New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 22 February 1991 Ian Smith Andrew Jones Drawn New Zealand v Australia Auckland 12 March 1993 Ken Rutherford Danny Morrison New Zealand won 5 New Zealand v Pakistan Christchurch 24 February 1994 Shane Thomson Bryan Young New Zealand won 6 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Harare 31 January 1995 Andy Flower Grant Flower Zimbabwe won 7 England v South Africa Johannesburg 30 November 1995 Jack Russell Mike Atherton Drawn 8 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 28 February 1997 Steve Waugh Greg Blewett Australia won 9 South Africa v Zimbabwe Harare 11 November 1999 Shaun Pollock Mark Boucher South Africa won 10 South Africa v Zimbabwe Bloemfontein 17 November 2000 Jacques Kallis Makhaya Ntini South Africa won 11 Australia v South Africa Sydney 2 January 2002 Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Australia won 12 South Africa v England London 31 January 2003 Makhaya Ntini Graeme Smith South Africa won 13 Pakistan v South Africa Lahore 17 October 2003 Taufeeq Umar Danish Kaneria Pakistan won 14 South Africa v England Johannesburg 14 January 2010 Dale Steyn Morne Morkel South Africa won Until 2017, there have been 26 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket. # Match Venue Date MoM 1 MoM 2 Result Pakistan v West Indies Port of Spain 4 March 1977 Wasim Raja Colin Croft West Indies won New Zealand v India Wellington 21 February 1981 Geoff Howarth Sandeep Patil New Zealand won New Zealand v India Auckland 13 March 1981 John Wright Ravi Shastri Drawn England v West Indies London 28 June 1984 Ian Botham Gordon Greenidge West Indies won 5 West Indies v New Zealand Port of Spain 29 March 1985 Vivian Richards Ewen Chatfield Drawn 6 India v Australia Chepauk 18 September 1986 Kapil Dev Dean Jones Tied 7 Pakistan v India Chepauk 3 February 1987 Imran Khan Kris Srikkanth Drawn 8 England v Sri Lanka London 25 August 1988 Phil Newport Ravi Ratnayeke England won 9 Australia v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 September 1988 Allan Border Ijaz Ahmed Drawn 10 West Indies v Australia Kingston 1 March 1991 Gus Logie David Boon Drawn 11 England v Sri Lanka London 22 August 1991 Alec Stewart Ravi Ratnayeke England won 12 West Indies v South Africa Bridgetown 18 April 1992 Curtly Ambrose Andrew Hudson West Indies won 13 England v New Zealand Auckland 24 January 1997 Alec Stewart Nathan Astle Drawn 14 West Indies v India Georgetown 17 April 1997 Shivnarine Chanderpaul Rahul Dravid Drawn 15 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 14 February 1998 Pat Symcox Azhar Mahmood Drawn 16 Pakistan v India Kolkata 16 February 1999 Saeed Anwar Javagal Srinath Pakistan won 17 Sri Lanka v Australia Kandy 9 September 1999 Aravinda de Silva Ricky Ponting Sri Lanka won 18 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Harare 4 December 1999 Andy Flower Russell Arnold Drawn 19 England v South Africa Durban 26 December 1999 Andy Caddick Gary Kirsten Drawn 20 Sri Lanka v South Africa Kandy 30 July 2000 Arjuna Ranatunga Lance Klusener South Africa won 21 India v Australia Chepauk 18 March 2001 Harbhajan Singh Matthew Hayden India won 22 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo 6 September 2001 Muttiah Muralitharan Mohammad Ashraful Sri Lanka won 23 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo 29 November 2001 Chaminda Vaas Brian Lara Sri Lanka won 24 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 October 2003 Gary Kirsten Taufeeq Umar Drawn 25 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo 12 July 2009 Nuwan Kulasekara Fawad Alam Sri Lanka won 26 Pakistan v Australia London 13 July 2010 Salman Butt Simon Katich Australia won There was one rare instance where three players were given the man of the match award in Test cricket. This happened between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in February 1991 at Hamilton. # Match Venue Date MoM 1 MoM 2 MoM 3 Result New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 4 March 1977 Ian Smith Andrew Jones Asanka Gurusinha Drawn In one occasion in international cricket, man of the match was given to a non-player, specifically to the ground staff. In the third Test match between South Africa and New Zealand on 8 December 2000 at Johannesburg, the fifth day was delayed due to rain. However, with the help of the ground staff, managed by Chris Scott, the Head Groundsman, the play continued and the match ended in a draw. # Match Venue Date MoM Result South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 8 December 2000 Chris Scott ( Head Groundsman ) and his crew Drawn References ^ Jump up to : `` Records / Test matches / Individual records ( captains, players, umpires ) / Most player - of - the - match awards ''. ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 2 January 2014. 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Question: who has won most man of the match awards in odi
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar