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Batsman Shubman Gill and pacer Mohammed Siraj were among the stars nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award for September, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday.
Shubman Gill
The rising star of Indian cricket, also known as ‘The Prince’, reigned supreme in the month of September as he scored a total of 480 ODI runs at an impressive average of 80 with two centuries and three fifties. Gill smashed two half-centuries and an impressive century against Bangladesh as India won the Asia Cup, and then carried that form into the ODI series against Australia. With a total of 302 points, he finished as the leading points scorer in the Asia Cup.
The right-hander scored an excellent 74 in the opening match of the series in Mohali and followed it up by reaching triple figures in the next game when he made 104 in Indore, according to ICC.
Mohammed Siraj
The right-arm pacer had some excellent spells in September, but it was his match-winning six-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final that stood out and pushed him to the top of the ICC ODI Men’s Player Rankings. bowlers.
Siraj ran through Sri Lanka’s batting line-up to secure brilliant figures of 6/21, bundling them for 50 runs and was instrumental in helping India lift the coveted Asia Cup trophy for the eighth time.
In all, Siraj took a total of 11 wickets for the month, at an average of just 17.27.
David Malan
The reliable left-hander was at his best for most of September as he bagged the Player of the Series award for his performances during England’s ODI series with New Zealand. Malan played in three matches during the series and registered scores of 54, 96 and 127 to seal his place in the side as a starter ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India.
The top order batsman also scored his runs with a quick strike rate of 105.72 overall during that New Zealand series.
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