With Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 concluding on Tuesday, seasonal awards were presented to all the individuals after the grand finale between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. The Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Most Valuable Player of the Year among other big awards were handed out to the deserved winners.
IPL 2020: Fairplay award of the season - Mumbai Indians. Not only did they play the most attractive brand of cricket and won the tournament for the fifth time, Mumbai Indians also bagged the fairplay award for the season.
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In the finals match against Chennai, Mumbai's Kieron Pollard took strike near the tramline before nearly leaving the pitch, attracting the ire of the umpires. Mumbai's batsman Pollard, though, adamantly stood his ground in protest.
Bowling the final over of the first innings, Dwayne Bravo, finding Pollard shuffle repeatedly towards the off-stump from his one-leg guard, cleverly bowled fuller deliveries outside the 'tramline' (marked for wide balls) for three dot balls.
On all three occasions, straight umpire Nitin Menon didn't signal wide as expected by Pollard, the reason being the burly batsman's big trigger.
After the third dot delivery, Pollard's frustration was evident as he flipped his bat in the air even though he didn't utter a word.
Just as Bravo got into his stride to bowl the fourth delivery, Pollard, in a mock gesture, left the stumps open and kept walking towards the side of the crease.
He even got reprimanded by the on-field umpires.
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IPL 2020: Let's crack it sixes award - Ishan Kishan. The Mumbai Indians southpaw smashed 30 sixes in the entire tournament which helped him clinch the award. He was the highest run-scorer for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2020 as well.
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IPL 2020: Orange Cap - KL Rahul | Purple Cap - Kagiso Rabada. While KL Rahul scored the most runs: 670, Avg: 55.83, SR 129.34, 58 fours, 23 sixes; Rabada went on to pick 30 wickets in the tournament, Most wickets: 30, ER: 8.34, Avg: 18.26, SR: 13.13.
KL Rahul: A big thank you to all the supporters. Winning the orange cap feels nice, but it would've been nicer if we had gone further in the tournament. However I got to learn a lot about being a leader this tournament.
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Jofra Archer | Most Valuable Player (20 wickets, 175 dots, 5 catches, 10 sixes): Really grateful to receive the award. It didn't go as well for the team, and hopefully this has shown what I can do and I hope it helps the team a little more later.
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