Shreyas Iyer and Mithali Raj are both nominate for the ICC’s “Player of the Month” award. Iyer of the Indian men’s team, Mithali Raj of the women’s team, and star all-rounder Deepti Sharma of the women’s team were all nominated for the ICC’s ‘Player of the Month’ award on Wednesday for their February performances.
Shreyas Iyer of the Indian men’s team, Mithali Raj of the women’s team, and star all-rounder Deepti Sharma of the women’s team were all nominated for the ICC’s ‘Player of the Month’ award on Wednesday for their February performances. Vriitya Aravind of the UAE and Dipendra Singh Airee of Nepal are also nominate in the men’s category. Amelia Kerr of New Zealand, along with Mithali and Deepti, is on the list of women’s all-rounders. In the month of February, Iyer was unstoppable and played an important role in India’s white-ball dominance.
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ICC’s “Player of the Month” award.
He began the month with a match-winning 80 against the West Indies in the final ODI and a 16-ball 25 in the final T20I.
Due to India’s decision to rest players and Suryakumar Yadav’s injury, Iyer was promote to No. 3 in the T20I series against Sri Lanka.
He hit three unbeaten fifties in three games and finished with 204 runs at a blistering strike rate of 174.35, earning him Player of the Series honors.
Mithali was one of India’s few bright spots in the ODI series against New Zealand. She was India’s leading run-scorer and the second-highest overall with 232 runs, including three fifties, averaging 77.33 and striking at 82.56 percent.
In the final ODI, she was unbeaten on 54 as India chased 252 with four overs to spare. With this victory, India ensured that they would finish the series with a win.
Deepti was outstanding with both the bat and the ball in the series against New Zealand.
She had the most wickets (10) in the ODI series and was also effective with the bat, scoring 116 runs in five games. She took four wickets in the second ODI and then batted for 69 runs in the third.
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