In-form New Zealand cricketer Rachin Ravindra bagged the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October 2023 on Friday, November 10. The rising teenager all however confirmed New Zealand’s place in the World Cup 2023 semi-finals with a powerful efficiency on Thursday and now celebrates it with a maiden ICC award.
The 23-year-old spin all-rounder overcame the problem from India’s Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock to claim the award. Rachin has been sensational in the ongoing World Cup in India with 565 runs and 5 wickets and has attracted the cricket world’s consideration.
In October, the left-handed batter began the World Cup by smashing an unbeaten hundred in the match opener towards champions England. He completed the red-hot month by including one other sensible hundred towards Australia on October 28 however sadly, it resulted in the workforce’s slender defeat whereas chasing an enormous 389-run goal.
Rachin additionally registered fifties towards India and Netherlands and took three wickets in October. Bumrah took 14 wickets in seven ODI innings final month and de Kock has smashed 550 runs in eight World Cup innings to increase South Africa to the semis.
“I’m very grateful to win this award,” Ravindra instructed ICC. “It’s been a special month personally and for the team. Being able to play a World Cup in India has been incredibly special. Being backed by the team helps a lot, being able to go out there with a lot of freedom, and play your natural game. The lucky thing is the wickets have been really nice to bat on, suits my game in terms of being positive and taking the game on.”
Meanwhile, the star West Indies captain Hayley Matthews bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for superb performances in October 2023. She took the month by storm by smashing 310 runs in three T20I innings towards the top-ranked Australian workforce and in addition picked 5 wickets to beat Bangladesh’s Nahida Akter and New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr for the prestigious award.
