Post-IPL Series-#3Analysis of the PoTM Awards in the IPL(All-Time)
Who gets the Player of The Match awards in IPL most of the time??
The player with the most runs in a match? The player with the highest strike rate in a match?
MoTM is one of the most coveted awards in the IPL…Many Players have gotten an award or two…but who is the best among them all??
Let’s see:
Here are the top 3 players with the most player of
the match(PoTM) awards:
CHGayle 21
AB de Villiers 20
MS Dhoni 17
What is the key for these players for getting the most PoTM awards in the IPL??
Actually, Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni, AB de Villiers are 6th, 7th, and 9th ranked based on the runs scored. Kohli(1st) has only 12 PoTM Awards.
So the number of runs doesn’t matter.
So what matters?
Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni, AB de Villiers have a batting
average of 41.13,42.20, and 39.95 respectively which is much higher than any of the other players (who have played more than 100 matches). So we can actually see that the players having a higher batting average have the more number of PoTM Awards.
What other factors are common here?
Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni are ranked 1st,2nd,3rd in the most number of sixes respectively.
Chris Gayle(1st), AB de Villiers(3rd) boast of having the highest scores in the IPL.
So I would say that your playing order doesn’t matter but the impact you create on the field is important for PoTM Awards.
Playing order doesn’t matter but the impact you create on the field is important for PoTM Awards.
