By Admin 
Virat Kohli’s excellent form continued in the first ODI against New Zealand. Although he missed his century, he received the Player of the Match award for this amazing innings. This was the 45th time that he received this award in this format, although he is not the player who has won this award the most number of times. Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka is also at number two. Know who are the top-7 players who won the Player of the Match award.
1. Sachin Tendulkar (62)
Sachin Tendulkar has won the most Player of the Match awards in One Day International. He won this award in 62 out of 463 ODI matches played from 1989 to 2012. Sachin has 18426 runs in his name in ODI, which includes 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries.
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (48)
Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka is the second player to win the most Player of the Match awards in ODIs. He played 445 ODIs between 1989 and 2011, in which he won this award 48 times.
3. Virat Kohli (45)
When Virat Kohli received the Player of the Match award against New Zealand, it was the 45th time he received it in ODIs. Kohli has been playing in this format since 2008, now he plays only in this format. Kohli has retired from Test and T20.
37-year-old Virat Kohli has scored 14650 runs in 309 ODIs, he is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in this format. He has scored 53 centuries and 77 half-centuries in ODIs.
4. Jacques Kallis (32)
Jacques Kallis of South Africa played 328 ODIs between 1996 and 2014. Kallis won this award 32 times, he is fourth in the list. He is the player who has won the most awards for South Africa in ODIs.
5. Ricky Ponting (32)
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has also won the Player of the Match award in One Day Internationals 32 times. Ponting played 375 ODIs for Australia from 1995 to 2015, scoring 13704 runs with the help of 30 centuries and 82 half-centuries.
6. Shahid Afridi
The former captain of Pakistan is at number six in the list. Afridi played 398 ODIs between 1996 and 2015, out of which he won the Player of the Match award in 32 of them. Afridi scored 8064 runs in ODIs.
7. Viv Richards
Viv Richards is at number seven in the list of players who have won the most Player of the Match awards in ODIs. He played 187 ODIs between 1975 and 1991, in which he won this award 31 times.