Dubai: India’s premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was on Tuesday named the ICC males’s Player of the Month (February) for his stellar show against England in a four-match Test sequence at residence which his aspect received to qualify for the World Test Championship last. England’s Tammy Beaumont was adjudged the ladies’s Player of the Month.
In the three Tests he performed, Ashwin scored a 106 in the second innings of India’s second Test victory over England at Chennai and took his four-hundredth Test wicket in the third Test victory at Ahmedabad.
Besides the century, Ashwin scalped a staggering 24 wickets against England in February to assist India pocket the four-match Test sequence 3-1 and assist his staff safe its spot in the WTC last against New Zealand at the iconic Lord’s in June.
Scoring a complete of 176 runs throughout these video games and taking 24 wickets, Ashwin was the unanimous option to win in the males’s class for February and garnered the most votes in the fan vote, the ICC mentioned in a press release.
England Test captain Joe Root (333 runs and 6 wickets in 3 Tests against India), and West Indies Test debutant Kyle Mayers, who scored a match-winning 210 to assist his staff efficiently chase 395 and win the first Test against Bangladesh, have been nominated alongside Ashwin for the honour.
Beaumont performed three ODIs in February against New Zealand the place she handed fifty in every of these, totalling 231 runs.
Commenting on Ashwin’s efficiency in February, Ian Bishop, representing the ICC Voting Academy mentioned: “Ashwin’s consistent wicket taking, even in helpful conditions have helped to put his team ahead in a very important series. His century in the second Test was as critical as it came when England were trying to claw their way back into the match.”
On Beaumont, Bishop mentioned, “Three half centuries of which two were in helping her team win the match was outstanding from Beaumont.”
