IPL 2018: Man of the Match performances across a decade of IPL finals

#2 Ben Cutting (2016)

Cutting is the only Australian to have achieved this feat

The 2016 edition of the IPL final saw Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad taking on Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in the latter’s den in India's Garden City. Both captains had played huge roles in their teams’ journey to the final.

After getting off to a good start, Hyderabad slumped to 147-5 with just four overs left and Warner, Dhawan, Yuvraj and Henriques back in the hut. Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting seized the opportunity as he smoked four sixes and three fours in his 15-ball stay at the crease which cost Bangalore 39 runs.

RCB began their chase with 209 in sight and looked well on track at 114-0 with both Gayle and Kohli going beserk. Cutting once again changed the course of the match, this time with his bowling. He made the all-important breakthrough by dismissing Gayle for 76 and also picked up the prized scalp of KL Rahul, as RCB fell short by 8 runs and once again succumbed to the ‘chokers’ tag in the IPL.

Man of the Match Ben Cutting’s performance can be regarded as one the most impactful all-round one’s in IPL history.