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 will be expected to be full of thrill. Records have been made and broken every year in the last 17 seasons of IPL. Here we are going to talk about the players who won the most player of the match award in IPL history.

The highest player of the match award 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 the 184 match career. In this list, the second number is West Indies' Dhakad player Chris Gayle, who has been awarded the Man of the Match award 22 times.

Rohit Sharma, who won the most player of the match in IPL history, won the award 19 times. David Warner and Virat Kohli have been elected best players in a match 18-18 times in the IPL. The list also includes MS Dhoni's name, which is at number six with 17 Player of the Match Awards.

List of players who 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?

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