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Test Cricket's Top 'Player of the Series' Winners: Muralidaran and Ashwin Lead with 11 Awards
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News18•20-09-2026, 17:38
Test Cricket's Top 'Player of the Series' Winners: Muralidaran and Ashwin Lead with 11 Awards
- •Muthiah Muralidaran and Ravichandran Ashwin jointly hold the record for most 'Player of the Series' awards in Test cricket, with 11 each.
- •Muralidaran achieved this feat in 61 series over an 18-year career, while Ashwin equaled the record in just 44 series.
- •South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis ranks third with 9 'Player of the Series' awards.
- •Pakistan's Imran Khan and New Zealand's Sir Richard Hadlee each won the award 8 times.
- •The 'Player of the Series' award is considered the ultimate testament to a player's consistent dominance in Test cricket.
Key Questions Answered
Sri Lanka's Muthiah Muralidaran and India's Ravichandran Ashwin share the world record, having been named 'Player of the Series' 11 times each in Test cricket.
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis won the 'Player of the Series' award 9 times across 61 series during his Test career from 1995 to 2013.
The fourth and fifth positions are held by former Pakistan captain Imran Khan and New Zealand fast bowler Sir Richard Hadlee, who both won the award 8 times.
