The following players repeatedly turned up and delivered when the match pressure was highest in the Men’s T20 World Cup.
The first name is no surprise, but it is none other than Virat Kohli, who has won it eight times, far ahead of his competitors. The second honour is shared by four players, each of whom has won it five times. The players are Adam Zampa and Shane Watson from Australia, Mahela Jayawardene from Sri Lanka, and Chris Gayle from the West Indies.
However, when it comes to the average number of matches played for PoTM, Adam Zampa tops the list. He has won the PoTM award in 4.2 matches, while Virat Kohli has won it in 4.37 matches.
List of players who won the most Player of the Match Awards in the Men’s T20 World Cup.
8 times –
Virat Kohli (35 matches)
5 times –
- Adam Zampa (21 matches)
- Shane Watson (24 matches)
- Mahela Jayawardene (31 matches)
- and Chris Gayle (33 matches)
4 times –
- ABD Villiers, South Africa (30 matches)
- Dilshan, Sri Lanka (35 matches)
- Shahid Afridi, Pakistan (34 matches)
- Shakib – Al – Hasan, Bangladesh (43 matches)
3 times –
- Aslanka, Sri Lanka (16 matches)
- R. Ashwin, India (24 matches)
- Jos Butler, England (35 matches)
- Sanath Jayasurya, Srilanka (18 matches)
- Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka (32 matches)
- Kevi Peterson, England (15 matches)
T20 Internationals:
Now, if we look at theT20Is played across the world, there is a surprise at the top of the list. Here is the complete list.
| Player | Team | Matches Played | PoTM Award |
| Virandeep Singh | Malaysia | 111 | 22 |
| Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 127 | 19 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 125 | 16 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | India | 104 | 16 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 148 | 14 |
| Muhammad Waseem | UAE | 93 | 14 |
| Sami Sohail | Malawi | 66 | 14 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 159 | 14 |
| Shadab Khan | Pakistan | 116 | 13 |
| Syed Aziz | Malaysia | 117 | 13 |