Yashasvi Jaiswal. File.
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Prolific India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, the main run-scorer within the ongoing Test collection towards England, has been nominated for ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award for February alongside New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed the shortlists of nominees for the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards for February 2024,” the ICC stated in a launch on Monday.
“Several high stakes battles took place last month in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), and among the contenders for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month prize are two premier run-scorers in the longest format, plus a record-breaking ODI batter from Sri Lanka.” Jaiswal has been nominated for the primary time within the ICC Player of the Month awards following a sensational month in Tests towards England. So far, the left-hander has scored 655 runs from 4 Tests with a match to go.
The 22-year-old scored back-to-back double tons of in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot to assist India overturn a 0-1 deficit towards England and win three Tests on the bounce.
In Rajkot, Jaiswal equalled the document for many sixes in a Test innings slamming 12 maximums. With extra runs coming within the fourth Test, he ended February having amassed 560 runs at a mean of 112.
The back-to-back double tons of on the age of twenty-two years and 49 days made him the third youngest batter on this planet to document two double centuries in Tests after Sir Donald Bradman and Vinod Kambli.
Jaiswal’s prolific run ensured that India climb to the highest of the ICC World Test Championship desk.
Williamson, however, has additionally been piling runs as New Zealand recorded their first-ever Test collection victory over South Africa.
The New Zealand veteran slammed two tons of within the first Test in Mount Maunganui, after which made 133 not out to assist his crew chase down a difficult fourth-innings goal in Hamilton to make sure the collection victory.
New Zealand thus climbed to the second spot of the WTC desk on the finish of February with three wins in 5 Tests.
Completing the lineup is Nissanka, who shone throughout three ODIs and three T20Is towards Afghanistan.
The opener struck Sri Lanka’s first-ever ODI double-century in Pallekele (210 not out in 139 balls) to kick the collection off in blistering vogue.
More runs got here within the third ODI, as Nissanka raised the bat as soon as extra with 118 in 101 balls to seal one other convincing win, earlier than a half-century within the closing T20I showdown capped a high-quality month.
In all, Nissanka hit 346 ODI runs and 91 T20I runs to earn his first nomination for the award.
The ICC additionally nominated UAE duo of Kavisha Egodage and Esha Oza and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland for the Women’s Player of the Month award for February.
Source: www.thehindu.com
