Star batsman Virat Kohli was on Monday named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October after a stellar efficiency throughout India’s cost within the T20 World Cup semi-final in Australia.
Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar received honors within the girls’s part because of her sensational type in her Asia Cup marketing campaign. Dar ousted the Indian pair of Jemima Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma, who carried out impressively in the identical match their group received.
Pakistan girls’s all-rounder Nida Dar raises her bat after reaching a T20I fifty within the Women’s Asia Cup. (Source: Asian Cricket Council)
Both Kohli and Dar had been declared winners after a world vote amongst media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former worldwide gamers and registered followers.
Kohli received his first Player of the Month award after scoring 205 with the bat, showcasing his batting brilliance all through October.
Apart from scoring a scintillating half-century in opposition to the Netherlands in Sydney, he produced an unforgettable innings in a surprising victory over Pakistan in entrance of a capability crowd to start out his marketing campaign in fashion on the MCG.
Scoring 31 for 4, Kohli dominated the opposition bowlers in a memorable show of managed aggression, serving to his group chase down 160 targets off the ultimate ball, reaching an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls.
India’s talisman bagged the award after being nominated for the primary time, taking out a aggressive subject that included South African finisher David Miller and Zimbabwe’s in-form Sikandar Raza, who contributed considerably to the T20 World Cup in Australia was.
“It is a good honor for me to be chosen because the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October. “To be chosen as the standout player by the fans across the world as well as by the panel makes this accolade all the more special for me,” Kohli mentioned in an ICC launch.
“I want to pay tribute to the other nominees who did so well during the month and also to my teammates, who continue to support me to the best of my ability.” Darren Ganga, a former West Indies worldwide and member of the ICC Player of the Month voting panel, mentioned: “Kohli is the quintessential batsman. He displayed immense character to drag off the lean spherical with the bat. In October he scored an unbeaten 49 in opposition to South Africa adopted by two half-centuries within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
“That sensible innings in opposition to Pakistan will likely be remembered as probably the greatest T20I innings of all time. I noticed it stay at MCG and to carry out in such fashion on that event is just a privilege for the greats of this stunning sport. For her important contribution to Pakistan’s lead within the semi-finals within the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Dar received the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award.
Scoring 145 beneficial runs at a median of 72.50 in the course of the month and taking eight key wickets, the spectacular all-rounder underscored his significance for Pakistan regardless of falling brief within the knockout phases.
Dar was sensational within the historic victory over India in Sylhet. Batting first, she reached the crease with 33 for 3 and an unbeaten 56 to take her to a aggressive 137.
She then turned a star with the ball, taking essential wickets of Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues because the eventual match winners misplaced in dramatic vogue.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
