IND vs AUS ICC World Cup 2023 Awards Winners List: ICC Player of the Match, ICC Player of the Tournament, Golden Bat and Golden Ball

While the Golden Bat award, currently termed ICC Golden Bat, and the Golden Ball award, currently named ICC Golden Ball, have been presented since the 1975 World Cup, the ICC Player of the tournament award was introduced as late as the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

MS Dhoni was awarded the ICC Player of the Match for his unbeaten 91-run innings in the final of the 2011 World Cup in India.

2023 ICC World Cup Awards: Australia beat India by six wickets in the final of the World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday (November 19) to win their record sixth World Cup title. India became the first team to move into the 50-over World Cup title clash when they beat New Zealand by 70 runs in Semi-final 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (November 15).

Australia also entered the World Cup final when they beat South Africa by three wickets in a low-scoring match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday (November 16).

Fans are always keen to know the ICC Player of the Match in Final and the ICC Player of the Tournament Award.

Along with that, they are also curious to know the winners of the Golden Bat and the Golden Ball awards.

In this article, ZeeBiz takes you through the list of the awardees in different categories in World Cup finals and the overall tournament.

ICC World Cup Awards

Player of the Match awards in the World Cup final are being given ever since the first World Cup was played in England in 1975.

It was renamed the ICC Player of the Match in Final in 1992.

While the Golden Bat award, currently termed the ICC Golden Bat award, and the Golden Ball award, currently named the ICC Golden Ball award have been presented since the 1975 World Cup, the ICC Player of the Tournament award was introduced as late as the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

In the first World Cup, the West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd was awarded the Player of the Match award for his 102-run innings against Australia at the Lord's, London.

While New Zealand's Glenn Turner won the Golden Bat award for most runs at 333 at the 1975 World Cup, the Golden Ball award went to Gary Gilmour of Australia and Bernard Julien of the West Indies for 11 wickets each.

When the ICC introduced the ICC Player of the Tournament award in 1992, New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe became the first player to win it for his 456 runs in the World Cup.

ICC Player of the Tournament Awards

Year	Player	Stats
1992	New Zealand Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs and 6 wickets
1999	South Africa Lance Klusener	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	India Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Australia Glenn McGrath	26 wickets
2011	India Yuvraj Singh	362 Runs and 15 wickets
2015	Australia Mitchell Starc	22 Wickets
2019	New Zealand Kane Williamson	578 runs and 2 wickets; captaincy
2023	India Virat Kohli	765 runs

ICC Player of the Match Awards

Year	Player	Stats
1975	Cricket West Indies Clive Lloyd	102
1979	Cricket West Indies Viv Richards	138*
1983	India Mohinder Amarnath	3/12 and 26
1987	Australia David Boon	75
1992	Pakistan Wasim Akram	33*(18) and 3/49
1996	Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva	107* and 3/42
1999	Australia Shane Warne	Apr-33
2003	Australia Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Australia Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	India Mahendra Singh Dhoni	91*
2015	Australia James Faulkner	Mar-36
2019	England Ben Stokes	84*
2023	Australia Travis Head	0/4 and 137

Golden Bat Awards

World Cup	Top runscorer	Runs
1975	New Zealand Glenn Turner	333
1979	Cricket West Indies Gordon Greenidge	253
1983	England David Gower	384
1987	England Graham Gooch	471
1992	New Zealand Martin Crowe	456
1996	India Sachin Tendulkar	523
1999	India Rahul Dravid	461
2003	India Sachin Tendulkar	673
2007	Australia Matthew Hayden	659
2011	Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan	500
2015	New Zealand Martin Guptill	547
2019	India Rohit Sharma	648
2023	India Virat Kohli	765

Golden Ball Awards

World Cup	Top wicket taker	Wickets
1975	Gary Gilmour (AU) Bernard Julien (WI)	11
1979	England Mike Hendrick	10
1983	India Roger Binny	18
1987	Australia Craig McDermott	18
1992	Pakistan Wasim Akram	18
1996	India Anil Kumble	15
1999	Geoff Allott (NZ), Shane Warne (AU)	20
2003	Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas	23
2007	Australia Glenn McGrath	26
2011	Zaheer Khan (IND), Shahid Afridi (PAK)	21
2015	Mitchell Starc (AU), Trent Boult (NZ)	22
2019	Australia Mitchell Starc	27
2023	Mohammed Shami	24