Cricket

Shreyas Iyer named ICC ‘Men’s player of the month’ for February

By Aman Shukla

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the Player of the Month for February 2022 on Monday, Team India’s all-format batter Shreyas Iyer has grabbed the title in the men’s category, while New Zealand’s Emilia Kerr has grabbed the ICC Player of the Month Award in the women’s category.

Shreyas Iyer won the ICC Player of the Month award for his recent remarkable batting performances in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka and West Indies. Iyer pipped past UAE batter Vriitya Aravind and Nepal all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee to grab the month to monthly award.

In February, Iyer scored 80 runs in the last ODI against West Indies in Ahmedabad. Continuing with his extraordinary form, he proceeded to over 200 runs in the three-match Ind vs SL T20 International series and stayed unbeaten throughout the series

Speaking about New Zealand’s 21-year-old all-rounder Emilia Kerr, she pipped past India women cricketers Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma to win the Player of the Month award in the women’s category.

 

Tags: Shreyas Iyer

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]