But I am most surprised that he did not get the Man of the Match trophy. If he takes four wickets in T20 cricket, he is ahead of everyone in the race for man of the match but he scored 79 runs in 32 balls along with four wickets, so why didn't he get the man of the match award?
Maybe because performance weightage came into play.
Surya's inning helped his team to cross 200 easily, not to mention at one point wickets were kinda falling around him. On the other hand, Rashid's blinder with the bat came when the match was done n dusted for Gujrat. All round performance does matter most but the contest should be close and it wasn't a close match.
Maybe you mean Suriya Kumar Yadav made a lot of impact in the match. Suriya Kumar Yadav made a good impact in the match and it was because of his holding one edge that Mumbai Indians got such a huge score. But if you consider one thing, four wickets and 79 runs in 32 balls in T20 cricket, then Rashid Khan could not make an impact in the match?
Maybe the winning team is more likely to get the Man of the Match award but in my opinion Rashid Khan was a big contender for the Man of the Match overall.
Obviously one can argue in favor of Rashid as it was an extraordinary all round performance but his batting didn't make any difference, his team lost by 27 runs and it is considered an easy victory.
Maybe if the losing margin was 6-10 runs then the award could have gone to him. Winning team grabbing an award is a norm but from this edition, this pattern has been changed.
I even mentioned it previously.
It's good to see some changes in the Man of the Match award.
Before it was all about the winning team but this season they are handing out awards to the best performances of the match, results hardly matter and rightly so. I'd like to see this rule internationally too.