Harmanpreet Kaur and Mohammad Rizwan win ICC ‘Participant of the Month’ award

India’s Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan have been on Monday voted the ICC ‘Participant of the Month’ awards for September of their respective classes.

Harmanpreet Kaur turns into India’s first winner of the ICC Girls’s ‘Participant of the Month’ courtesy of her main function in her crew’s first ODI sequence victory in England since 1999.

The India skipper was once at her sensible absolute best right through the ODI sequence, scoring 221 runs around the 3 suits, keeping up a strike fee of 103.47 and handiest being disregarded as soon as. She displayed keep watch over and poise within the first fit of the sequence at Hove, and her 74 no longer out helped her facet chase down England’s overall of 228 at a canter to win via seven wickets.

Whilst that was once spectacular, no doubt the spotlight of her month got here in the second one ODI. Batting first, she led from the entrance with an exhilarating 143 no longer out from 111 balls.

Harmanpreet stated: “It was once nice to be nominated for the award, and to win it’s a fantastic feeling. I ave all the time taken immense pleasure in representing my nation and attaining the historical ODI sequence win in England will stay a landmark second for me in my occupation.”

Within the different hand, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is in red-hot shape has accumulated a mammoth 553 runs from ten T20Is performed within the month of September. The highest-ranked T20I batter is averaging 69.12 right through the month, the talismanic opener additionally registered seven half-centuries.

Rizwan dedicates his award to the folk of Pakistan, who’re suffering from the flood.

He stated: “I wish to thank Almighty Allah and categorical my heartfelt pleasure to all that enabled me to succeed in this award.

“I wish to give my top appreciation to all my teammates as they made issues simple for me. Those achievements spice up your self assurance. I’m pleased with my efficiency and I wish to take this momentum ahead in Australia.

“I wish to devote this award to the folk in Pakistan who’re suffering from the floods and local weather trade. Expectantly this will likely carry smiles on their faces.”