Man of the Match award for a cricketer on the losing side in IPL
AS Rajpoot of Punjab was awarded the Man of the Match Award for his bowling performance of 5 for 14 in the game against Sunrisers at Hyd-RGS on 26.04.18 to provide the 14th occasion of a cricketer getting the Man of the Match Award in IPL though he was on the losing side. He became the 13th cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match despite being on the losing side. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl | Dis |
| 1 | SGoswami | Ban | Del | Bangalore | 19.05..08 | 52 | 1ct+1St | |
| 2 | JAMorkel | Che | Raj | Chennai | 24.05.08 | 71 | 3/22 | |
| 3 | YuvrajSingh | Pun | Ban | Durban | 01.05.09 | 50 | ||
| 4 | AKumble | Ban | Dec | Jo’burg | 24.05.09 | 4/16 | ||
| 5 | YKPathan | Raj | Mum | MumBS | 13.05.10 | 100 | ||
| 6 | YuvrajSingh | Pune | Delhi | Mumbai | 17.04.11 | 66* | 4/39 | |
| 7 | RSharma | Pune | Mum | Mumbai | 04.05.11 | 2/17 | ||
| 8 | SPNarine | Kol | Pun | Kolkata | 15.04.12 | 5/19 | ||
| 9 | DWSteyn | Dec | Mum | Mumbai | 29.04.12 | 2/10 | ||
| 10 | VKohli | Ban | Guj | Rajkot | 24.04.16 | 100* | ||
| 11 | CJMorris | Del | Guj | Delhi | 27.05.16 | 82* | 2/35 | |
| 12 | AZampa | RPune | Sun | Vizag | 10.05.16 | 6/19 | ||
| 13 | HMAmla | Pun | Sun | Mohali | 15.05.16 | 96 | ||
| 14 | ASRajpoot | Pun | Sun | Hy-RGS | 26.04.18 | 08 | 5/14 |
Punjab became the second team in the history of IPL to have three cricketers awarded Man of the Match despite being on the losing side after Bangalore. The following table has the details of these two team
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl | Dismissals |
| 1 | SGoswami | Ban | Del | Bangalore | 19.05..08 | 52 | 1ct + 1St | |
| 2 | AKumble | Ban | Dec | Jo’burg | 24.05.09 | 4/16 | ||
| 3 | VKohli | Ban | Guj | Rajkot | 24.04.16 | 100* | ||
| 1 | YuvrajSingh | Pun | Ban | Durban | 01.05.09 | 50 | ||
| 2 | HMAmla | Pun | Sun | Mohali | 15.05.16 | 96 | ||
| 3 | ASRajpoot | Pun | Sun | Hyd-RGS | 26.04.18 | 08 | 5/14 |
AS Rajpoot became the fifth cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match for a performance on the losing side when a cricketer has captured four or more wickets
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl |
| 1 | AZampa | RPun | Sun | Vizag | 10.05.16 | 6/19 | |
| 2 | SPNarine | Kol | Pun | Kolkata | 15.04.12 | 5/19 | |
| 3 | ASRajpoot | Pun | Sun | HydRGS | 26.04.18 | 08 | 5/14 |
| 4 | YuvrajSingh | Pune | Delhi | Mumbai | 17.04.11 | 66* | 4/39 |
| 5 | AKumble | Ban | Dec | Jo’burg | 24.05.09 | 4/16 |
AS Rajpoot became the third cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match for a performance on the losing side when a cricketer has captured five or more wickets in IPL. AS Rajpoot has the second best figures in this category of statistics after A Zampa.
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl |
| 1 | AZampa | RPun | Sun | Vizag | 10.05.16 | 6/19 | |
| 2 | SPNarine | Kol | Pun | Kolkata | 15.04.12 | 5/19 | |
| 3 | ASRajpoot | Pun | Sun | HydRGS | 26.04.18 | 08 | 5/14 |
Yuvraj Singh is the only cricketer to be awarded Man of Match on two occasion when his team has ended on the losing side in IPL. Both the occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl |
| 1 | YuvrajSingh | Pun | Ban | Durban | 01.05.09 | 50 | |
| 2 | YuvrajSingh | Pune | Delhi | Mumbai | 17.04.11 | 66* | 4/39 |