Elite IPL Players Who Won Three Consecutive 'Player of the Match' Awards

Sameer Rizvi has joined an elite list of players, including Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler, who have won three consecutive 'Player of the Match' awards in the IPL.

No one has ever won this award four times in a row. This record remains to be broken.

• Jacques Kallis

Kallis was the first player to achieve this feat, setting the record in 2010. Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (now Royal Challengers Bengaluru), he scored an unbeaten 89 off 55 balls and took 1 wicket for 39 runs against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), helping RCB chase down a target of 204 with 7 balls to spare.

He then delivered an all-round performance against Rajasthan Royals, scoring an unbeaten 44 off 34 balls and taking 2 wickets for 20 runs to secure a 10-wicket victory. Finally, against Mumbai Indians, he scored an unbeaten 66 off 55 balls and took 1 wicket for 35 runs to easily chase down a target of 152.

• Virender Sehwag

In 2012, as captain of the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), Sehwag won this award three times in a row. The first award came during a chase: he scored an unbeaten 87 against Pune Warriors, leading Delhi to victory with 24 balls to spare.

The next two awards came while batting first: he scored 73 off 39 balls against Mumbai Indians to push the team score past 200, and 63 off 39 balls against Rajasthan Royals to set the foundation for a thrilling 1-run win.

• Aaron Finch

Finch won three consecutive awards by hitting three match-winning half-centuries. Playing for Gujarat Lions, he achieved this feat against Punjab, Rising Pune Supergiants, and Mumbai. All these awards came while chasing. His innings at Wankhede Stadium against Mumbai, where he scored an unbeaten 67 off 54 balls to win the game on the final ball, was perhaps his best.

• Virat Kohli

Kohli achieved a hat-trick of awards during his incredible 2016 season, where he scored a record 973 runs at an average of 81.08. He helped RCB defeat Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils by hitting two different styles of half-centuries with strike rates of 147 and 120.

'Chase Master' Kohli's most memorable innings was against Punjab, where he scored 113 runs off 50 balls with the help of 12 fours and 8 sixes.

• Jos Buttler

In 2018, Buttler lived every opener's dream, batting through the entire innings in three consecutive games and scoring over 80 runs each time. His first two innings against Punjab (82) and Chennai Super Kings (unbeaten 95) were dominated by fours (9 and 11 fours respectively, with 3 sixes total). The rain of sixes came against Mumbai, where he scored an unbeaten 94 off 53 balls with 5 sixes to help Rajasthan easily chase down a target of 169.

• Ruturaj Gaikwad

Gaikwad achieved this hat-trick of awards in the second half of his debut IPL season in 2020. His three half-centuries helped Chennai chase down three targets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He scored an unbeaten 65 against RCB, 72 against KKR, and an unbeaten 65 against Punjab.

• Sameer Rizvi

Rizvi's achievement spanned two different seasons, with his final two performances coming as an Impact Player. Rizvi ended Delhi Capitals' IPL 2025 campaign by scoring an unbeaten 58 off 25 balls while chasing a target of 207 against Punjab Kings.

He then started the 2026 season by scoring 70 off 47 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. Not stopping there, he dismantled the Mumbai Indians' bowling attack in Delhi with a brilliant innings of 90 runs off 51 balls.