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New Delhi. T20 World Cup 2026 (T20 World Cup 2026) Team India started with victory. India opened its account in the points table by winning the match against USA by 29 runs. There came a time in the beginning of this match when the heartbeats of the Indian fans increased. Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had lost 6 wickets for 77 runs. At that time even the score of 120 seemed difficult, but Suryakumar Yadav, while playing the captaincy innings, not only took Team India to a big score but also played an important role in registering the victory. Suryakumar Yadav played an inning of 84 runs against USA, on the basis of which India managed to reach the score of 161. For his innings he was awarded the Player of the Match award.

Suryakumar Yadav created history by breaking Virat Kohli’s record
Suryakumar Yadav has created history by winning the Player of the Match award in the first match of the T20 World Cup against USA. He has now become the player to win the most POTM awards for India in T20I cricket. Yes, he has defeated former star player Virat Kohli in this matter. Virat Kohli, who retired from T20 cricket in 2024, had won this award 16 times after playing an important role in the team’s victory. This is the 17th player of the match award in Suryakumar Yadav’s career.

Indians who have won the most POTM awards in T20I
17 Suryakumar Yadav (105 T20I)
16 Virat Kohli (125)
14 Rohit Sharma (159)
8 Akshar Patel (88)

Suryakumar Yadav comes out ahead of Yuvraj Singh
This is Suryakumar Yadav’s fourth player of the match award in the T20 World Cup. He has become the second Indian to win the most POTM awards in the T20 World Cup. In this list, he has defeated legends like Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma. Whereas Virat Kohli is at the first position here.

Indians who have won the most POTM awards in T20 World Cup
8 Virat Kohli (35 T20Is)
4 Suryakumar Yadav (19)*
3 Yuvraj Singh (31)
3 R Ashwin (24)
3 Rohit Sharma (47)