IPL Most Player of the Match Awards: The first match of IPL 2025 (IPL 2025 First Match) will be played between KKR and RCB on 22 March. This will be the 18th season of the Indian Premier League, which is expected to be full of excitement. In the last 17 seasons of IPL, records have been made and broken every year. Here we are going to talk about the players who have won the most Player of the Match awards in IPL history.

Most Player of the Match Awards in IPL

AB de Villiers holds the record for winning the most Player of the Match in IPL history. De Villiers played for Delhi Daredevils and RCB in his IPL career. He was adjudged Player of the Match 25 times in his 184-match career. At number two in this list is West Indies' dashing player Chris Gayle, who has been awarded the Man of the Match award 22 times.

The Indian player who has won the most Player of the Match in IPL history is Rohit Sharma, who has won this award 19 times. David Warner and Virat Kohli have been selected as the best player in a match 18 times each in the IPL. MS Dhoni's name is also included in this list, who is at number six with 17 Player of the Match awards.

List of players who have won the Player of the Match the most times

AB de Villiers - 25
Chris Gayle - 22
Rohit Sharma - 19
David Warner - 18
Virat Kohli - 18
MS Dhoni - 17
Shane Watson - 16
Yusuf Pathan - 16
Andre Russell - 15
Ravindra Jadeja - 15

When will IPL 2025 start?

IPL 2025 will start on March 22 and will conclude on May 25. The first and last match of the tournament i.e. the final match will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR and RCB will clash in the first match. The tournament will last for 2 months, 10 teams will participate and a total of 74 matches will be played between them.