Most Man Of The Match In ODI World Cup: Who Has Won Numerous Player Of The Match Awards In Show-Piece Tournament?

Most Man of the Match awards in ODI World Cup history: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma moved close to the summit with his seventh player of the match award following the victory over England in ICC World Cup 2023 match 29 in Lucknow.

Rohit scored 87 off 101 balls on a challenging wicket at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Sunday (October 29) to take India to 229 before Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah ripped through the England batting line up to seal a 100-run win.

Rohit Sharma is second in the list of most Man of the Match awards in ODI World Cup history

Following the match, Rohit was awarded the player of the match for his stellar knock, which included 3 sixes and 10 fours. This was the Indian skipper's second Man of the Match award in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 and seventh overall in ODI World Cup history.

Rohit is now only behind Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar in terms of number of player of the match awards in the ODI World Cups. Tendulkar occupies the top spot with 9 awards followed by Rohit, who now has 7, surpassing Australia great Glenn McGrath, who had won 6 MOM awards.

Among the active players, Rohit leads the list followed by Australia's David Warner, Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan and compatriots Virat Kohli & Mohammed Shami, who have won the award four times in Cricket World Cup. Here is the list of most player of the match award winners:

Most Player of the Match Awards in ICC World Cup

Player	Country	Matches	MOM Awards
Sachin Tendulkar	India	45	9
Rohit Sharma	India	27	7
Glenn McGrath	Australia	39	6
Lance Klusener	South Africa	14	5
Graham Gooch	England	21	5
Mark Waugh	Australia	22	5
AB de Villiers	South Africa	23	5
Vivian Richards	West Indies	23	5
David Warner	Australia	25	5
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	38	5
David Boon	Australia	16	4
Mohammed Shami	India	17	4
Shane Warne	Australia	17	4
Sourav Ganguly	India	21	4
Yuvraj Singh	India	23	4
Brian Lara	West Indies	34	4
Virat Kohli	India	36	4
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	35	4
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	37	4
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	40	4
Travis Head	Australia	6	3
Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe	8	3
Shikhar Dhawan	India	10	3
Abdul Qadir	Pakistan	13	3
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	15	3
Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	15	3
Roger Twose	New Zealand	15	3
Aamir Sohail	Pakistan	16	3
Aaron Finch	Australia	18	3
Alan Lamb	England	19	3
Maurice Odumbe	Kenya	19	3
Martin Crowe	New Zealand	21	3
Matthew Hayden	Australia	22	3
Kapil Dev	India	26	3
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	27	3
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	27	3
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	31	3
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	33	3
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	34	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	35	3
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	36	3
Ricky Ponting	Australia	46	3

Rohit has amassed 398 runs in 6 innings during the ongoing show-piece tournament and sits fourth in the list for most runs in the tournament. While he bagged his 7th player of the match award in ODI World Cup, this was also his 24th Man of the Match award in ODI format.

With his 24th player of the match award, Rohit surpassed Virender Sehwag to enter the top 5 for Indian players with most man of the match awards in ODI format.

Tendulkar still leads the list with 62 man of the match awards in ODI cricket followed by Kohli, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh. Here is the top 10 Indian Player of the match award winners in ODIs: