Man of the series exists to be the very productive player to their team. But in three cricket formats, who record the most wins? The reason behind this Man of the Series award is because the award is given by the opposite team, that this player has given them so much trouble in the match, so for this reason, this award is very much prestigious and valuable.
Most Man of the Series in ODI
From India
- Sourav Ganguly was India’s best leader in some of the years. He won seven awards for Man of the Series. In the 1999 world cup, his runs were 11,363 in a best of 183.
- Yuvraj Singh will remember his six sixes in the T20 match, but he is a defacer in ODI. But in nd player in the 14th century runs more than 8,700 in 2017 against England and best of 150.
- Sachin Tendulkar, in the ODI match. He was awarded cricket Man of the series 15 times. In 2010, against South Africa, he was famous for his double century.
- Virat Kohli scored over 10,000 and best of 183. He is a great captain also. This ODI skipper has won 9 times man of the series award.
From West Indies
- Viv Richards plays many ODI matches, so he won the man of the series award seven times. Against England in 1984, he scored 189 in 170 balls.
- Chris Gayle won 8 times man of the series awards for over 10,000 runs in ODI matches.
From South Africa
- Hashim Amla, in the 2015 world cup against Ireland,scored over 8,000 and best of 159. He won 7 times man of series awards.
- Shaun Pollock won the 9 Man of the Series award after 303 ODIs. Nine times he was awarded as man of the series.
From Bangladesh
Shakib AI Hasan won the man of the series for batting and bowling. From 215 ODIs of Bangladesh International, he won the 7 Man of the Series award.
Man of the series award winners in T20 matches of Cricket
- From India, Virat Kohli has conquered the maturity of the awards for a man of the series internationally when it comes to the T20s. In the best of 94, he scored 3159 runs from 37 series. For this, he achieved seven awards for Man of the series.
- Babar Azam (from Pakistan)is technically a very good player. He can be erratic sometimes. He won 5 times Man of the Series award in the 21 T20 series. In April 2021 against South Africa, he runs 2,200 and best of 122.
- Mohammed Hafiz (from Pakistan) won the 4 Man of the Series award. But in the 44 T20 series, he scored a very low ratio. With a topper of 99, this player took sixty wickets and scored 24 hundred runs.
- Shahid Afridi (from Pakistan) won the 3 Man of the Series award in 42 series. The most entertaining player from that generation is boom boom Afridi. He ran 1400 and took 98 wickets.
- Shakib AI Hasan (from Bangladesh) from 31 series he won 4 times Man of the series award. He took 106 wickets and 1700 runs in 2018 against West Indies.
- David Miller (from South Africa) is a left-handed player three times the Man of the series. With a best of 101, he runs over 1740 in the T20 series.
- Quinton De Kock (from South Africa), in 33 attempts, won the 3 Man of the Series award. With the best of 79, he did 1758 runs and 11 half-centuries.
- Shoaib Malik (from Pakistan) won Man of the series three times in 44 attempts. He scored 2,235 runs and took 28 wickets. He is a great all-rounder.
- Glenn Maxwell (from Australia) won the 3 Man of the Series award in 28 series with a best of 145. He runs over than 1780.
Man of series in Test matches
- Jacques Kallis (from South Africa) won the 9 Man of the Series award in 61 attempts. With a best of 224, he runs 45 hundred.
- Ravichandran Ashwin (from India) won 8 Man of the series. He did five centuries, with a best of 7/59 in 413 wickets.
- Sir Richard Hadlee (from New Zealand), in 33 series, has won 8 Man of the series. With a best of 4/52, he took 413 wickets.
Conclusion
Cricket is a global game. Some players are good at batting, some in bowling, and some are efficient in batting and bowling also. Some players are being called all-rounders. Every player is good in their way of playing. In combination of three cricket formats, SR Tendulkar (1989-2013) won the most Man of the Series award, 15 times he won this award in 183 series.
