The Indian Premier League has been witnessed as a huge success to everyone out there who put their efforts to make it one of the surprising and fantasies leagues in the world. The sponsors, the management, BCCI, groundsman and staff, and especially the players took this league to tremendous success since its inaugural year of 2008.
In every match, the fans witnessed one of the best top-performers of the game. Sometimes it becomes easy to witness the Player of the Match, and at times the fans and game viewers put in their comments on who should get the award. But there has been no doubt when it comes to the “ Player of the Tournament” since the respective winners have outshined every other contender with the valuable promise of consistency. The consistency in their game has successfully helped them win the Player of the Tournament which the majority of times have encouraged the team to lift the award.
Here’s the list of “Player of the Tournament” since the year 2008 –
2008: Shane Watson
2009: Adam Gilchrist
2010: Sachin Tendulkar
2011: Chirs Gayle
2012: Sunil Narine
2013: Shane Watson
2014: Glenn Maxwell
2015: Andre Russell
2016: Virat Kohli
2017: Ben Stokes
2018: Sunil Narine
2019: Ande Russell
2020: Jofra Archer
2021: Harshal Patel
While the Kolkata Knight Riders’ duo Andre Russell and Sunil Narine have an opportunity to achieve a hattrick performance of the “Player of the Tournament” award, it will be exciting to watch if the 2022 year will witness a new performer or someone from the list.
