The one player in the match who has outperformed everyone else who played on that given day is declared the man of the match. He can be from either the winning team or the losing team. Usually the batsman who scored the most runs or the bowler who got the most wickets would be an obvious choice for the man of the match awared
Typically the commentators for that match would decide who the man of the match is.
If you observe lot of times it is said that the commentators had a tough time picking the man of the match, in tight matches, but we have chosen XXXX as the man of the match.
In a few other cases, the match referee and the umpires also are in the man of the match voting panel.
Yuvraj singh was the man of the match in ICC world cup cricket 2011.
Clive Lloyd (West Indies) won the man of the match award in the final match of the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar wins the most man of the match awards.
Mohinder Amarnath was the first Indian to receive the man of the match award in world cup cricket.
Mohinder Amarnath was the first Indian to receive the man of the match award in world cup cricket.
David Boon of Australia won the Man of the Match award in the 1987 Cricket World Cup final match. He scored 75 runs in the final match.
Ricky Ponting (Australia) won the Man of the Match award in the final match of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He scored 146 runs (not out) in the final match.
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Viv Richards (West Indies) won the man of the match award in the 1979 Cricket World Cup Final.
Shane Warne (Australia) won the Man of the Match award in the 1999 Cricket World Cup Final. He took 4 wickets in the final match.
Jacques Kallis has bagged the most 'Man of the Match' award In test cricket 23 Times in 162 matches.