Man of the Match Awards for a losing team’s cricketer in Indian Premier League-SV Samson joins the list
SV Samson of Rajasthan was awarded the Man of the Match for his sterling knock of 119 against Punjab at Mumbai on 12.04.10 despite Rajasthan lost the game by four runs. He became the 16th cricketer to be awarded the Man of the Match award when the team lost the game in the history of Indian Premier League. All such occasions are tabulated below.
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat | Bowl | Dis |
| 1 | S Goswami | Ban | Del | Bangalore | 19.05.08 | 52 | 02 | |
| 2 | JA Morkel | Che | Raj | Chennai | 24.05.08 | 71 | 3/22 | |
| 3 | Yuvraj Singh | Pun | Ban | Durban | 01.05.09 | 50 | ||
| 4 | A Kumble | Ban | Dec | Jo’burg | 24.05.09 | 4/16 | ||
| 5 | YK Pathan | Raj | Mum | MumBS | 13.05.10 | 100 | ||
| 6 | Yuvraj Singh | Pune | Delhi | Mumbai | 17.04.11 | 66* | 4/39 | |
| 7 | R Sharma | Pune | Mum | Mumbai | 04.05.11 | 2/17 | ||
| 8 | SP Narine | Kol | Pun | Kolkata | 15.04.12 | 5/19 | ||
| 9 | DW Steyn | Dec | Mum | Mumbai | 29.04.12 | 2/10 | ||
| 10 | V Kohli | Ban | Guj | Rajkot | 24.04.16 | 100* | ||
| 11 | CJ Morris | Del | Guj | Delhi | 27.05.16 | 82* | 2/35 | |
| 12 | A Zampa | RPun | Sun | Vizag | 10.05.16 | 6/19 | ||
| 13 | HM Amla | Pun | Sun | Mohali | 15.05.16 | 96 | ||
| 14 | AS Rajpoot | Pun | Sun | Hyd-RGS | 26.04.18 | 08 | 5/14 | |
| 15 | S Dhawan | Del | Pun | Dub-DSC | 20.10.20 | 106 | ||
| 16 | SV Samson | Raj | Pun | Mumbai | 12.04.10 | 119 |
SV Samson became the fourth cricketer to be awarded Man of the Match on a losing side when the batsman has scored a century. All such occasions are tabulated below. Others are – YK Pathan, V Kohli and S Dhawan.
| No | Batsman | Team | Opp | Ground | Date | Bat |
| 1 | YK Pathan | Raj | Mum | MumBS | 13.05.10 | 100 |
| 2 | V Kohli | Ban | Guj | Rajkot | 24.04.16 | 100* |
| 3 | S Dhawan | Del | Pun | Dub-DSC | 20.10.20 | 106 |
| 4 | SV Samson | Raj | Pun | Mumbai | 12.04.10 | 119 |