IPL 2022: David Warner Ties With Rohit Sharma For Most POTM Award In IPL

David Warner on Thursday rose to the record of Rohit Sharma (18) for winning the most Player of the Match awards in the Indian Premier League history. Warner now has become the player with the third most Player of the Match awards in IPL history.

Delhi Capitals opener David Warner scored an unbeaten 92 off 58 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 50th match of IPL 2022 played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Warner hit 12 fours and three sixes during his innings. On account of his innings, Delhi Capitals scored 207 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Warner had an unbeaten century partnership of 122 runs with Rovman Powell (67 *).

David Warner Leaves MS Dhoni Behind

Warner was pronounced the player of the match for his splendid innings. The Delhi Capitals opener won the player of the match award for the eighteenth time in IPL history. With this, he left Chennai Super Kings skipper, MS Dhoni, behind.

Former Royal Challengers Bangalore player AB de Villiers holds the record for winning the most player of the match awards in IPL history. The former RCB hitter has won the Player of the Match award in IPL 25 times. The runner-up in this rundown is Universe Boss Chris Gayle. The hazardous opener from West Indies won the player of the match award 22 times. Mumbai Indians’ skipper Rohit Sharma and David Warner are joint third with 18-18 honors.

Chennai Super Kings commander MS Dhoni won the player of the match award 17 times. Former RR all-rounder pair of Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan has won the award 16 times each.

Delhi Capitals Win Their 5th Game Of The Season

Coming to the match, pursuing a colossal target of 208 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad could manage 186 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. For Delhi, Khaleel Ahmed took three wickets while Shardul Thakur took two wickets. This was Delhi’s fifth success in 10 matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, has slipped to the 6th spot with 10 points from 10 games.

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