IPL: 10 recipients of Man of the Tournament award

2015: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

The big-hitting West Indian all-rounder set the eighth edition of IPL on fire with his performances. He stood up when his team was in trouble, on numerous occasions throughout the tournament.

Russell scored 326 runs with the bat at an average of 36.22 and a superlative strike-rate of 192.89. He hit 19 sixes and 35 fours in the eleven innings that he played.

The Jamaican scalped 14 wickets with the ball, with best figures of 3/32. He was entrusted by the captain to bowl up front and at the death and still emerged with an economy under 8.