The ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is ready to entertain cricket enthusiasts from all around the world as it will held first time in the USA. The Tournament will start on June 2 with USA vs Canada as an opener Game in Dallas. In the inaugural season of the tournament, Pakistan’s legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi was awarded the ‘Player of the Tournament’. Here is the full list of Players of the tournament in every edition of the T20 World Cup.
In the second edition of the T20 World Cup, Pakistan won the tournament, however, Sri Lankan batter Tillakaratne Dilshan clinched the award. In 2010, the award went first time to the winning squad as England batter Kevin Pietersen claimed the award.
Interestingly, Virat Kohli is the only player who has won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award twice and too consecutive years in 2014 and 2016.
In the previous edition of the T20 World Cup 2023, England’s Sam Curran was awarded the trophy of ‘Player of the Tournament’.
YearPlayer2007Shahid Afridi2009Tillakaratne Dilshan2010Kevin Pietersen2012Shane Watson2014Virat Kohli2016Virat Kohli 2021David Warner2022Sam Curran
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