6 Players With Most Player Of The Match Awards In Men's T20 Internationals

It is very important for a player to get the player of the match award for his performance and it will be an added boost to his confidence in the upcoming games as well. There are certain players in the same whose hunger for performing never stops and they keep taking away the player of the match awards.

These players have been match-winners for their nations in the format and the expectations on them have been moving up too. With a note on that, it is time to look at 6 players with the most player of the match awards in Men’s T20 internationals.

6 Players With Most Player Of The Match Awards In Men’s T20 Internationals:

Rohit Sharma:

The Indian limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma is an excellent white-ball player and he holds the record for the most number of T20 international centuries with four to his name. His consistency has gone up the ladder and he is one of the best openers in white-ball games at the moment.

Rohit Sharma started as a middle-order batter in T20 internationals and later went on to become a prolific run-scorer at the opening position. He has won 10 player of the match awards in T20Is which is the sixth most number in the format.

Chris Gayle:

Chris Gayle is regarded as the “God of T20s” for his ability to hit sixes at will and he is the greatest T20 batsman until now with some mind-blowing numbers in the format. His internationals T20 numbers have been good too and he was the first batsman to score a century in the T20 Worldcup.

Gayle is still playing T20 internationals for West Indies and has a big role to play at number three for the West Indies T20 side. He has won 10 players of the Match awards in T20 internationals which is the joint sixth most number in the format.

Mohammad Hafeez:

The Pakistan veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez is one of the most underrated T20 all-rounders and he still has been among the performer for his country in the T20 internationals. Recently, he won the player of the match award for bowling an outstanding spell against West Indies in the second T20I.

Hafeez has tons of experience under his belt and he has the attacking game under the belt to take on the bowlers too. He has won 11 Player of the Match awards so far and is equal third in the list with the most player of the match awards in T20 internationals.

Shahid Afridi:

The former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was a very handy leg spinner and towards the latter part of his career, he was more of a leg spinner rather than the hard hitter with the bat. Afridi has been part of the T20 Worldcup from the inaugural edition and this will be the first time he will be missing as he has retired.

Afridi has won 11 player of the match awards in T20 internationals which is joint third among the list with the most player of the match awards in T20Is. Afridi is popularly known for his attacking gameplay from the word go.

Virat Kohli:

Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the modern generation if not the best, and one of the reasons for it has been his match-winning abilities. Especially while chasing, it is very tough for the opponents to keep the Indian skipper down and he keeps finding the gaps.

Kohli has won 12 Man of the Match awards in T20 internationals which is the second most number in the format and he is one of the few batsmen to average more than 50 in T20Is after playing so many games.

Mohammad Nabi:

The Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi holds the record for the most number of player of the match awards in T20 internationals and he has won 13 so far. The off-spinner is an excellent finisher down the order and bowls four excellent overs for his team too.

Nabi has a lot of experience playing for various teams around the world in global T20 tournaments and he can turn the match on its head with both bat and ball very quickly.