Yashasvi Jaiswal. File.
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Prolific India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, the main run-scorer in the ongoing Test sequence in opposition to England, has been nominated for ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award for February alongside New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed the shortlists of nominees for the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards for February 2024,” the ICC mentioned in a launch on Monday.
“Several high stakes battles took place last month in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), and among the contenders for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month prize are two premier run-scorers in the longest format, plus a record-breaking ODI batter from Sri Lanka.” Jaiswal has been nominated for the first time in the ICC Player of the Month awards following a sensational month in Tests in opposition to England. So far, the left-hander has scored 655 runs from 4 Tests with a match to go.
The 22-year-old scored back-to-back double a whole lot in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot to assist India overturn a 0-1 deficit in opposition to England and win three Tests on the bounce.
In Rajkot, Jaiswal equalled the document for most sixes in a Test innings slamming 12 maximums. With extra runs coming in the fourth Test, he ended February having amassed 560 runs at a mean of 112.
The back-to-back double a whole lot at the age of 22 years and 49 days made him the third youngest batter in the world to document two double centuries in Tests after Sir Donald Bradman and Vinod Kambli.
Jaiswal’s prolific run ensured that India climb to the high of the ICC World Test Championship desk.
Williamson, on the different hand, has additionally been piling runs as New Zealand recorded their first-ever Test sequence victory over South Africa.
The New Zealand veteran slammed two a whole lot in the first Test in Mount Maunganui, after which made 133 not out to assist his workforce chase down a difficult fourth-innings goal in Hamilton to make sure the sequence victory.
New Zealand thus climbed to the second spot of the WTC desk at the finish of February with three wins in 5 Tests.
Completing the lineup is Nissanka, who shone throughout three ODIs and three T20Is in opposition to Afghanistan.
The opener struck Sri Lanka’s first-ever ODI double-century in Pallekele (210 not out in 139 balls) to kick the sequence off in blistering trend.
More runs got here in the third ODI, as Nissanka raised the bat as soon as extra with 118 in 101 balls to seal one other convincing win, earlier than a half-century in the remaining T20I showdown capped a high quality month.
In all, Nissanka hit 346 ODI runs and 91 T20I runs to earn his first nomination for the award.
The ICC additionally nominated UAE duo of Kavisha Egodage and Esha Oza and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland for the Women’s Player of the Month award for February.
