The first match of IPL 2025 on 20th April was between PBKS and RCB. RCB won the match and Virat won POTM award for the 19th time in IPL history and equaled Rohit Sharma’s record. The second match was between MI and CSK, which MI won by 9 wickets and Rohit was adjudged the POTM award. In this way, Rohit Sharma overtook Virat Kohli with 20 POTM awards in IPL.
Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians batter became a fireball against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Hitman played an amazing innings and beat Virat Kohli in terms of winning the most numbers of Player of the Match award. Rohit Sharma has won the most Player of the Match awards for India in the IPL.
Rohit Sharma hit 6 sixes in this match against Chennai Super Kings. This is the second time Rohit has hit at least 6 sixes in an innings. Along with this, Rohit Sharma has become the third player to hit more than 900 boundaries in IPL. He has left David Warner (899) behind. Rohit Sharma has hit 901 boundaries so far. Shikhar Dhawan (920) and Virat Kohli (1015) are ahead of him.
Virat Kohli led RCB to victory by playing a brilliant innings of 73 runs against Punjab Kings, for which he was chosen as the Player of the Match. With this award, he equalled Rohit Sharma’s 19 Player of the Match awards. But Rohit Sharma again went ahead as he led MI to victory against Chennai Super Kings by playing awesome innings of 76 runs.
Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 73 runs against Punjab Kings and won his 19th Player of the Match award. But, Rohit Sharma again left Virat Kohli behind by winning his 20th Player of the Match award after playing an unbeaten 76 runs knock against Chennai Super Kings. Virat Kohli equalled the record at 7:15 PM and Rohit Sharma went ahead at 11:15 PM.
Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings in the 37th match of IPL 2025 against Punjab Kings. In the run chase, he scored an unbeaten 73 off 54 balls. This innings included 7 fours and a six. Virat’s innings played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur led to RCB’s victory. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Player of the Match for this performance.
Virat Kohli equaled Rohit Sharma as soon as he took the Player of the Match award. Virat won this award for the 19th time in IPL history. Rohit Sharma also had 19 Player of the Match awards to his name. This is the highest among Indian players. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the Player of the Match award 18 times.
Virat Kohli equaled Rohit Sharma at around 7 pm. Around 11 pm, Rohit once again went ahead of Virat. The former Mumbai Indians captain played an innings of 76 runs against Chennai Super Kings. He scored these runs with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes in 45 balls. He became the Player of the Match for this innings. Rohit Sharma got this award for the 20th time in IPL.
Rohit Sharma has become the first Indian player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to have won 20 Player of the Match awards. Only Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers are ahead of Rohit. Gayle has won the Man of the Match award 22 times and AB de Villiers has won it 25 times. After Rohit, Virat Kohli is next, who has won 19 Player of the Match awards.
Apart from this, Hitman Rohit Sharma has become the second highest run-scorer in IPL. He has surpassed Shikhar Dhawan in this matter. Shikhar Dhawan had scored 6769 runs in IPL, while Rohit Sharma’s number of runs has now become 6786. Virat Kohli has scored 8326 runs in IPL and he is the highest run scorer in this league.