who won the man of the match ?

India
February 22, 2010 1:07am CST
hi friends.i didnt get to see the match presentation but got the news that ravindra jadeja was given the man of the match award. i wonder on what basis they give these man of the match award. if i recall in a certain world,the captain of kenya was given man of the match award for taking 3 wickets after kenya lost that match. we recently saw tendulkar given man of the match for his 175 when india lost. but why they didnt give the man of the match for kallis who scored 89 runs and got 3 wickets while bowling? just confuses me how they do it.more confusing than the ICC rankings
5 responses
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
24 Feb 10
man of the match fairly defines it meaning by itself. it means the player who has played the best of the lot. it is based on performance. sachin tendulkar played much better than everyone else on either side which is why he got the man of the match award. coming to the first odi ravindra jadeja bowled exceedingly well. when everyone else was going over 6-7 runs per over he gave runs at 3 runs an over and made vital breakthroughs to turn the match situation. he outperformed everyone else in the bowling department which includes dale steyn, a top bowler and botha the opposite spinner. And by your logic kallis should not get the man of the match since he lost because you are questioning the decision of awarding the man of the match award to sachin tendulkar because india had lost. be clear in what you want to say.
• India
25 Feb 10
thanks for confusing me.tendulkar scored 175 runs in that match so did shaun marsh with 112 runs.a 100 is a 100 even if it is 60 runs short. then there was clint mckay who bowled under 6 runs per over and got 3 wickets including that of tendulkar to win the match in his debut match. then ofcourse shane watson with over all performance of 93 runs and 3 wickets under 5.5 runs per over. why they didnt award man of the match to either clint mckay or shane watson considering australia won the match because of them. why to tendulkar who fell short of leading india to victory with more than 3 overs left? kallis took 3 important wickets and scored a good 89 runs and got out in the 42 over. if we apply the same logic to kallis,then he should have bagged the award. somewhere along the line,that these MoM award choser are biased.
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
26 Feb 10
Yeah sure by that logic even ab devilliers should have got the man of the match since he scored a century. 112 and 175 is not the same. not only did sachin score more than him but also scored at a better rate. had others not supported marsh they would not have got to 350. in India's case others did not support sachin which is why we lost the match.clint mckay went for 59 runs so that is almost 6runs. shane watson did not under 5.5 runs. he gave 56 runs. again close to 6. only harbhajan bowled well by giving 44 runs in 10 overs. he made some difference or the Australian total would have been over 350. the reasons watson and mckay went for less than six an over is that sachin planned his innings and went after the spinner hauritz and mike hussey in the initial stages. had he got out early then the match would have ended well before the 40th over. you are telling me tendulkar fee short of leading India to victory? he is the reasons they even got close. and is this a one man game or a 11 man game. 3 wickets left with 19 runs to win. even Zimbabwe would have won the match in such a situation. it is only because of the other players quite ironically, ravindra jadeja due to inexperience and nehra playing a senseless shot that India could not win the match. coming to this match, jadeja did not even 3 runs an over whereas everyone else gave at least 6 an over. he gave than less than half what the others gave way plus made two crucial breakthroughs first with gibbs and de villiers. had gibbs carried on in the fashion he was there was no chance for India to win.
• India
1 Mar 10
you know i love to retaliate but for a comment i cant understand,i cannot reply.try to be either short or if you wanna write it long,try to write in atleast paragraph.sorry for not replying
@sknsknskn (393)
• India
27 Feb 10
hey!!!!! its SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR.....GIVEN MAN OF THE MATCH....IN THIS MATCH BECAUSE OF HIS GOOD FORM....AGAINST......KENYA FABOLOUS MATCH MAN..................
• India
22 Feb 10
yes kallis was good . he played a good innings and good bowling also. jadeja was the only bowler who turned the match for india. that may be the reason jadeja got the man of the match. Kallis also deserved the award.
@Wismay (2037)
• India
22 Feb 10
Yea, when they called up Kallis I thought he would get the man of the match but they just talked to him as he was the captain of SA. From Indian side there were no single performance that could have competed for the MOM award as all chipped in with their little contributions. I guess, Jadeja got the MOM award for his economical bowling. And I also think that Match got so close because Steyn and Parnell thought they have nothing to lost played freely and naturally and that made all the difference and almost won the match for SA. Otherwise India was cruising well on to the victory. So they might have thought that Kallis couldn't have won the match! I agree that, Kallis had put an outstanding performance and he should have got the MOM award. No one would have opposed if he had been declared as MOM. But then it is in the hands of those who choose the MOM! Happy Mylotting!
@ryanhac (58)
• India
22 Feb 10
Raveendra Jadeja was adjuged the Man of the Match and I guess it was well deserved. Even though Kallis played a magnificent innings he happened to be on the losing side,otherwise he would have won the Man of the Match award for sure as there was no performance in the match equaling that of his.But it was Jadeja's economical bowling which helped India win and acquired the two important wickets.He was the only bowler who performed well for India when all the others went for runs.