Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 10: Harmanpreet Kaur, a star batter and captain for the Indian team and Mohammad Rizwan, a star batter for Pakistan respectively, won the ICC Player of the Month award for the month of September.
After a fantastic scoring streak throughout September, Rizwan won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for the first time, beating out fellow nominees Cameron Green (Australia) and Axar Patel (India) for the honour.
The Pakistani player scored a staggering 553 runs from ten T20 Internationals, including games in the Men’s Asia Cup and a subsequent home T20 International series against a visiting England team.
The talismanic opener registered seven half-centuries in addition to a stunning batting average of 69.12 for the month and is currently ranked first among men’s T20I batters.
Rizwan demonstrated his importance during Pakistan’s ascent to the Asia Cup Final by scoring three half-centuries in the latter stages of the competition, including scores of 71 against India and 55 in the Final against eventual champion Sri Lanka. Rizwan will be a key player for Pakistan heading into the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in six days.
He continued his strong play into the series against England, scoring four more half-centuries, with his unbeaten 88 in partnership with captain Babar Azam being the standout as his team won by ten wickets in the second T20I while attempting to reach an intimidating total of 199.
