Top 6 Weird Man of the Match or Series awards in cricket

4. Eoin Morgan was awarded a rice cooker

Eoin Morgan is regarded as one of the greatest finishers white-ball cricket has seen. The Irish born became the English captain when the Brits wanted to change their limited-overs structure. He completely changed their conventional style and made them won the 2019 World Cup under his leadership.

If we talk about his batting credentials, he has played all the major T20 leagues around the world. His is considered quite a valuable batsman in limited-overs cricket for his ability to hit massive sixes under pressure. When he was playing in the Dhaka Premier League in 2013, he played such a match-winning knock.

For his performance, the southpaw was awarded the Player of the Match. But the award turned out to be rice cooker. It was quite a funny moment as Morgan thought that the cooker was given as a metaphor for his great knock ‘under pressure’. But it turned out that the rice cooker brand was one of the sponsors.