Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and UAE batter Asif Khan have been nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for March.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 6, 2023 18:15 IST
Williamson, Shakib, Asif Khan nominated for ICC award (Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and UAE batter Asif Khan have been nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for March.
Kane Williamson
The 32-year-old carried out merely two Test matches inside the month of March and scored centuries in every of them. Williamson scored an unbeaten 121 in New Zealand’s second innings to info them to a slender two-wicket win over Sri Lanka.
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He then went on to realize a double century inside the second Test in opposition to Sri Lanka, as they routed the friends by an innings and 58 runs. Williamson scored 215 runs off 296 deliveries, hitting 23 boundaries and some maximums.
In all, Williamson scored 337 runs in merely two matches in March and guided his aspect to a transparent sweep over Sri Lanka inside the two-match dwelling Test sequence.
Shakib Al Hasan
The Bangladesh skipper accomplished every as the easiest run-scorer and wicket-taker for his aspect of their 1-2 loss in opposition to England inside the three-game ODI sequence. He then guided his aspect a 3-0 whitewash of England in a three-match dwelling T20I sequence.
He then captained his aspect to a 2-0 ODI win and a 2-1 T20I sequence win over Ireland at dwelling, and even scored a match-winning 93 inside the first ODI. In the 12 video video games carried out in March, Shakib scored 353 runs and scalped 15 wickets.
Asif Khan
The hard-hitting UAE batter amassed 403 runs, whereas hitting two an entire lot and two half-centuries inside the month of March. After a quiet start to the sequence in Nepal, Asif exploded and scored an unbeaten 101 in 42 balls, hitting the quickest century by an Associate Nation participant in ODI cricket historic previous. He then went on to smash one different century, this time in opposition to USA.
In the month of February, England batter Harry Brook overcame India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and West Indies bowler Gudakesh Motie to say his second ICC Men’s Player of the Month.
Edited By:
Rounaq Sehrawat
Published On:
Apr 6, 2023
