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Maybe, but when was the last time you saw someone from a losing side get the match award? That practice of rewarding exceptional performances by a losing side ended somewhere during the 90s, if I'm not mistakenHowever, even then, I disagree w/ Bailey. If the opening bowlers hadn't taken those early wickets and chocked MI's top order, then his 50 would have been worthless. So they should have given it to the most effective bowler of the side, which was either Axar or Johnson. Don't go by the runs they conceded to Bhaji - look at what they took in the first few overs to put MI in a tight spot
Coetzer was the Man of the Match in a world cup match very recently (Bangladesh v. Scotland) even though Bangladesh won..
The bowlers all played a part in the successful chase and there was no single exceptional performance from KXIP. However Harbhajan both bowled well and batted fantastically.
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