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Shubman Gill wins ICC Player of the Month award for February | Cricket News

Shubman Gill wins ICC Player of the Month award for February | Cricket News

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India’s Shubman Gill was on Wednesday announced as the winner of ICC’s Player of the month award for February after his performances in the recently concluded Champions Trophy as well as the ODI series against England. In the month of February, Gill played 5 ODIs and scored 406 runs, averaging 101.50 at a strike rate of 94.19. Gill, who won the award after beating Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips, scored over fifty runs in all three ODIs in the England series where he slammed 87 in Nagpur, 60 in Cuttack and then 112 in Ahmedabad. Continuing his golden run into the Champions Trophy, Gill hit an unbeaten 101 to lead India’s chase in their tournament opener against Bangladesh here. He followed it up with a resolute 46 against Pakistan.India won both of their opening matches in the Champions Trophy on the back of these knocks. After single digit scores against new Zealand and Australia in a group stage match and semifinal respectively, Gill scored 31 in the final against the Kiwis. Star …

Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli headlines six Indians in ICC’s ‘Team of the Tournament’ | Cricket News

Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli headlines six Indians in ICC’s ‘Team of the Tournament’ | Cricket News

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The talismanic Virat Kohli was the biggest name among six Indian players picked in the 12-member ‘Team of the Tournament’ for the Champions Trophy. India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the final here on Sunday to win the tournament for the third time after 2002 (joint winners) and 2013. India have been runners-up twice in 2000 and 2017. Besides Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and pacer Mohammed Shami featured in the playing XI, while all-rounder Axar Patel was named the 12th man. Story continues below this ad The Black Caps have four members of their squad making the team, including Player of the Tournament Rachin Ravindra, with Mitchell Santner being named captain. The much-awaited Champions Trophy Team of the Tournament is here 🤩 A look at the stars who made it ➡ https://t.co/83j5aSeDyA pic.twitter.com/g6o2hESn2V — ICC (@ICC) March 10, 2025 Two players from Afghanistan also made the cut after the Asian nation won their first-ever ICC Men’s Champions Trophy match in their debut appearance. At the top of …

Jasprit Bumrah named ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year

Jasprit Bumrah named ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year

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India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Tuesday named for the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year. Bumrah has had one of his best years for the Indian team which has reflected in the fact that the pacer was adjudged the ICC’s Test Cricketer of the Year on Monday and was also named in the Test Team of the Year last week. The pacer is thus the fifth winner of the award from India after Rahul Dravid (2004), Sachin Tendulkar (2010), Ravichandran Ashwin (2016) and Virat Kohli (2017, 2018). Story continues after this ad “Jasprit Bumrah has been honoured with the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year at the ICC Awards, recognising his extraordinary 2024, in which he dominated opponents in the longest as well as the shortest format of the game,” the ICC said in a statement. “The pacer’s brilliance was reflected in his ICC Test Bowling Rankings, where he crossed the elusive 900-point mark, ending the year with a record-breaking 907 points …

Arshdeep Singh named ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year

Arshdeep Singh named ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year

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India’s star left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has been named by the International Cricket Council as the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2024. Arshdeep Singh’s bowling was one of the key factors that took the Indian cricket team to the T20 World Cup title last year. The pacer claimed 36 wickets in 18 matches in 2024. Arshdeep Singh took his wickets at an average of 15.31. Despite being called in to bowl in the powerplay and death overs, the pacer had an impressive economy rate of 7.49 in 2024. He took his wickets at a strike rate of 10.80 in 2024. At the T20 World Cup, Arshdeep tormented the USA team in New York in the group stages, claiming figures of 4/9 in his four overs. Arshdeep Singh also played a critical role for Team India in the T20 World Cup final, with his tight bowling helping India successfully defend a total of 176 in Barbados. He had ended the final with figures of 2/20. The 25-year-old Arshdeep Singh was also named in the …