India’s tempo spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar was amongst the cricketers nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) ‘Player of the Month’ award for March following his standout performances in the ODI and T20 towards England.
The ICC on Thursday (April 8) introduced the nominees to recognise the greatest performances from each female and male cricketers throughout all kinds of worldwide cricket. Besides Bhuvneshwar, the others in the males’s class included ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams. The nominees amongst the ladies’s comprised Rajeshwari Gayakwad of India, South Africa’s Lizelle Lee and India’s Punam Raut.
Last month, Bhuvneshwar performed three ODIs towards England the place he took 6 wickets with an financial system price of 4.65. He additionally went on to play 5 T20Is towards them the place he took 4 wickets with a incredible financial system price of 6.38. The Sunrisers Hyderabad paceman was the standout bowler on both aspect in the white ball series between India and England.
Rashid took 11 wickets as his staff received the second Test towards Zimbabwe and adopted up with six wickets in a 3-0 T20I victory for his aspect. From Zimbabwe, Williams performed two Tests towards Afghanistan the place he scored a complete of 264 runs and took 2 wickets. He additionally went on to play three T20Is towards them whereby he scored 45 runs with a strike price of 128.57.
In ladies’s cricket, Rajeshwari performed 5 ODIs towards South Africa and has been their main wicket-taker in each the white ball series. She took 8 wickets with an financial system price of 3.56 in the ODIs and in the three T20Is towards the identical opponent she took 4 wickets with an financial system price of 4.75.
Raut performed 5 ODIs towards South Africa the place she scored a complete of 263 runs at 87.66 with a strike price of 71.66. Raut has been India’s prime run-scorer in the ODI series towards South Africa, scoring a century and two half-centuries in these video games.
From the South African camp, Lizelle performed 4 ODIs towards India the place she scored a century and two half-centuries to maneuver to the prime of the ICC batting rankings. The three nominees for every of the classes are shortlisted based mostly on the on-field performances and total achievements throughout the interval of that month (the first to the final day of every calendar month).
(with PTI inputs)
