NEW DELHI: India’s in-form opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has earned his first nomination for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for February 2024. His excellent performances in Tests in opposition to England performed a vital position in India’s comeback after trailing 1-0 following the loss within the Hyderabad Test.

Jaiswal’s exceptional type was pivotal as India overturned the deficit, making this nomination well-deserved. He shares the nomination with New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka.

He displayed an distinctive efficiency by hitting consecutive double centuries in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot throughout the month, with the latter equaling the file for essentially the most sixes in a Test innings, attaining a powerful 12.

Continuing his prolific run, Jaiswal added extra runs within the fourth Test at Ranchi, which included a half-century within the first innings. At the age of twenty-two, by the tip of February, Jaiswal had gathered a complete of 560 runs at an excellent common of 112.

The back-to-back double lots of on the age of twenty-two years and 49 days additionally made him the third youngest batter on the planet to file two double centuries in Tests after Sir Donald Bradman and Vinod Kambli. Jaiswal has additionally rose to the highest of the main run-scorer checklist within the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.

On the opposite hand, Williamson is nominated for the honour for the primary time since March 2023 after one other collection of century scores dominated the headlines in New Zealand’s first-ever Test collection victory over South Africa.

Williamson’s two Tests throughout February heralded 403 runs and the Player of the Series accolade, as he hit twin centuries within the first Test at Mount Maunganui (118 and 109) earlier than his 133 within the second innings at Hamilton helped the hosts chase down 267 to seal a collection whitewash.

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Meanwhile, Nissanka excelled in Sri Lanka’s current three ODIs and three T20Is in opposition to Afghanistan, smashing the primary ever ODI double-century for his nation at Pallekele (210 not out in 139 balls) to start the month in a blistering style.

More runs got here within the third ODI, as Nissanka hit 118 in 101 balls to seal one other convincing win for Sri Lanka, 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.

In the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for February 2024, UAE duo of Kavisha Egodage and Esha Oza have been shortlisted alongside Australia all-rounder Annabel Sutherland.

All-rounder Kavisha hit 218 runs and took eight wickets throughout the course of the Asian Cricket Council’s Women’s Premier Cup gained by the UAE. Esha, the UAE skipper, claimed the Player of the Tournament award, topping the run-scoring charts with 249 runs at a median of 62.25.

Annabel, in the meantime, unleashed fireworks in her record-breaking 210 off 256 balls – the quickest ever in girls’s Tests when Australia confronted South Africa within the one-off Test at Perth earlier this month. She proved to be a useful asset with the ball in hand too, taking 3-19 within the first South Africa innings, adopted by 2-11 within the second, as the house facet gained by an innings.

(With inputs from IANS)