Dubai: India’s Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan were on Monday announced the ICC Player of the Month for September 2022.
The India skipper also becomes India’s first winner of the ICC Women’s ‘Player of the Month’ courtesy of her leading role in her team’s first ODI series victory in England since 1999.
She achieved the feat after a memorable showing in the ODI series in England.
Kaur beat tough competition from her Indian teammate – opener Smriti Mandhana and Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana who also came up with some stunning displays.
Similarly, Mohammad Rizwan beat competition from ace Indian spinner Axar Patel and emerging Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, who both had a month to remember.
Rizwan was in stunning form in September, churning out some sizzling performances in T20Is. The No.1 T20I batter in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings continued his domination in the shortest format of the game and put his name on the shortlist for the Player of the Month for September.