The last few weeks have been like a dream for Team India vice-captain Shubman Gill. He became the world number one ODI player just a few days into the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and became a winner of an ICC event on Sunday, when India beat New Zealand by four wickets to clinch the title.
Gill notched up 188 runs in Champions Trophy at an average of 47 with a century on debut in the tournament against Bangladesh last month. The Gujarat Titans skipper has now been picked as ICC ‘Player of the Month’ for February along with Australian woman cricketer Alana King.
Gill wins his third ICC Men’s Player of the Month accolade, overcoming fellow ICC men’s Champions Trophy finalist Glenn Phillips of New Zealand, and Australia’s Steve Smith. King wins her first ICC Women’s Player of the Month award after seeing off compatriot Annabel Sutherland and Thailand’s Thipatcha Putthawong to February’s prize.
Shubman Gill Said “I am elated to win the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for February. Nothing gives me more motivation than performing with the bat and winning matches for my country.” pic.twitter.com/miHbxGQL59
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With 406 runs during the calendar month and an average of over 100, Gill returned to the summit of the ICC Men’s ODI Batter Rankings thanks to his runscoring feats throughout February. The 25-year-old began the month with three fruitful ODI contests against England, striking 87 and 60 in the two opening ODI matches before a sublime 112 in Ahmedabad sealed a commanding set of performances and the series sweep.
With confidence high, his form continued as the ICC men’s Champions Trophy commenced, hitting a crucial and stylish 101 not out against a spirited Bangladesh under the lights in Dubai to chase down 229 for victory and set India on course for silverware.
ICC men’s Player of the Month for February, Shubman Gill, said: “I am elated to win the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for February. Nothing gives me more motivation than performing with the bat and winning matches for my country.
“The lead up to the Champions Trophy 2025 was very crucial and I am glad I was able to make the most out of it. It has been a phenomenal start to the year individually as well as for us as a unit. I am looking forward to an action-packed cricketing year ahead and hope to win many more matches for India.”
ICC Women’s Player of the Month, King produced a series of destructive bowling displays throughout the Ashes series down under, and concluded with a starring role as the home side won impressively in the standalone Test match in Melbourne. Having won the toss and opting to bowl, King made inroads into the English middle order, denting any opposition momentum with the key scalps of Sciver-Brunt, Dunkley and Wyatt-Hodge as she recorded figures of four for 45.
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