Top 10 cricketers with most 'Man of the Match' awards in ODI cricket

#2 Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka’s hard-hitting left-hander Sanath Jayasuriya was key to Sri Lanka’s gigantic rise to the very top of international cricket in the mid-90s. The diminutive opener took the world by storm with his pinch-hitting exploits in the 1996 World Cup and established himself as a fearless opener in white ball cricket.

Jayasurya used his terrific hand-eye coordination and brute bottom hand power to score some whirlwind tons up the order. A fierce cutter and puller, Jayasuriya ended up as Sri Lanka’s greatest match-winner scoring over 13000 ODI runs with 28 tons. Sanath was also a clever customer with the ball, darting in those spinners at the death overs and choking the opposition for runs.

ODIs- 445

Man of the Match Awards - 48