Top 10 Most Man of the Match awards in lost ODIs

Top 10 Most Man of the Match awards in lost ODIs: A number of times we come across a situation when the best player of the match ends up on the losing side. He tries his best but doesn’t get the desired support from the rest of the team. Keeping in view the selection process and criteria for deciding MOM awards it is remarkable how some players despite on the wrong side of the coin, win the hearts of adjudicators.

In one day matches, a player whose team lost and yet he won the Man of the Match award is quite a frequent instance. Sachin Tendulkar leads the way with 6 such awards while Javed Miandad of Pakistan has 5 losing man of the matches in his career. Andy Flower and Grant Flower of Zimbabwe, Chris Gayle of West Indies and Inzamam-ul-Haq of Pakistan have won 4 MOM awards despite losing the match. 10 other cricketers have 3 MOM awards each, 21 cricketers with 2 MOM awards each and 103 cricketers with one man of the match awards each when their team ended up losing the match.

What is amazing is that Sachin lost 200 ODI matches in his entire ODI career. That is quite a lot and reflective of the fact that he was left stranded many a time when others in the team failed to step up. Sourav Ganguly, his opening partner won the award 3 times when India failed to cross the line. Noted Zimbabwe batsman Alastair Campbell got the recognition 3 times in an era where Zimbabwe were still a force to reckon. The only Sri Lankan in the list is Aravinda de Silva while Tom Cooper of Netherlands lends the Associates dimension to the compilation.

Top 10 Most Man of the Match awards in lost ODIs: