IPL: 10 recipients of Man of the Tournament award

2016: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

The Most Valuable Player award didn’t quite suit Virat Kohli, for he was truly “invaluable” in the ninth season of the IPL. The RCB captain broke numerous records with the bat during the season.

He broke the record for ‘most number of runs in a season’ by a margin of 240. The Delhiite scored 973 runs in the entire tournament at a staggering average of 81.08 with a strike rate of 152.03.

In the 16 innings that he played, Kohli scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries. The level of dominance he exerted could be gauged from when he hit a century against KXIP in a 15-over game. He also achieved the distinction of hitting the most number of sixes in the tournament.