Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is the Indian with the most Test player of the match awards. He won 14 man of the match awards in 200 matches, the most by any player in Test history. He is the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket, having scored 15921 runs in 329 innings.
The second Indian on the list with man of the match awards in test cricket is Rahul Dravid. The former Indian batter had 11 player of the match awards in 164 matches. Rahul scored 13288 runs in 286 innings. He is one of the best batters India has ever had.
Virat Kohli is third on this list. The modern-day legend has won 10 player-of-the-match awards in 108 Test matches. He has scored 8416 runs in 183 innings. He has won the most player of the match awards among the current Indian cricketers.
Following is the list of Indian players with most number of player of the match awards in Test cricket.
|
Player |
Country |
Span |
Matches |
Awards |
|
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
1989-2013 |
200 |
14 |
|
Rahul Dravid |
India |
1996-2012 |
164 |
11 |
|
Virat Kohli |
India |
2011-2023 |
108 |
10 |
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
India |
2012-2023 |
64 |
9 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
India |
2011-2023 |
92 |
9 |
|
Virender Sehwag |
India |
2001-2013 |
104 |
8 |
|
Kapil Dev |
India |
1978-1994 |
131 |
8 |
|
Javagal Srinath |
India |
1991-2002 |
67 |
7 |
|
Ravi Shastri |
India |
1981-1992 |
80 |
6 |
|
Cheteshwar Pujara |
India |
2010-2023 |
102 |
6 |
|
Harbhajan Singh |
India |
1998-2015 |
103 |
6 |
|
Sourav Ganguly |
India |
1996-2008 |
113 |
6 |
|
VVS Laxman |
India |
1996-2012 |
134 |
6 |
|
Zaheer Khan |
India |
2000-2014 |
92 |
5 |
|
Mohammed Azharuddin |
India |
1984-2000 |
99 |
5 |
|
Sunil Gavaskar |
India |
1971-1987 |
125 |
5 |
