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ICC Player of the Month: International Cricket Council

has announced the nominations for the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month Awards for February 2025. India’s young batsman Shubman Gill, Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Annabel Sutherland are among the players nominated for this month.

This award is given to those players who have impressed the cricket world with their outstanding performance during the month.

Great performance by Shubman Gill

India’s young and promising batsman Shubman Gill made headlines with his brilliant performance in the recent series against England. Gill played important innings of 87 and 60 runs in three matches against England. Apart from this, in the match played in Ahmedabad, he played a brilliant innings of 112 runs and played an important role in India’s series win. After this performance, Gill reached the top spot in the ODI batting rankings.

Gill maintained his form while preparing for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in February and also performed well in the series against Bangladesh. His performance has earned him a nomination for the Player of the Month award.

Steve Smith makes a strong comeback in Test cricket

Former Australia captain and veteran batsman Steve Smith made a brilliant comeback in the World Test Championship series played against Sri Lanka in February. Smith took over the responsibility as the stand-in captain in this series and performed brilliantly in both the Test matches. In the first Test, he shared a 141-run partnership with Usman Khawaja. At the same time, in the second Test, he scored 131 runs and led Australia to a nine-wicket win. For this performance, he also received the Player of the Series title.

This performance of Smith was special for him, as after this he returned to the top five in the ICC Test batting rankings. His nomination for the Player of the Month award for February is a proof of his excellent performance.

New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips performed brilliantly in the tri-series played in Pakistan in February. Phillips scored valuable runs in the middle order and played an important role in leading the team to victory. In the match played in Lahore, he played a stormy innings of 106 runs in 74 balls, which included seven sixes. Apart from this, he took a brilliant catch of Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and led the team to a 60-run victory. This performance of Phillips was very important for New Zealand and he was nominated for the Player of the Month award.

Nominated players for Women’s Player of the Month

Great performance by Alana King

Australia’s leading leg-spinner Alana King performed brilliantly in the Women’s Ashes series. In the standalone Test played in Melbourne, she took four wickets for 45 runs in the first innings. After this, she bowled the best of her career by taking five wickets for 53 runs in the second innings. Her performance helped Australia win the series.

Thipacha Putthavong takes wickets

Thailand’s left-arm bowler Thipacha Putthavong performed brilliantly in the Nepal Women’s Tri-series. She played a key role in her team’s victory by taking 14 wickets in February

He also took four wickets for 10 runs to guide Thailand to a thrilling win against the hosts on 4 February.