Deepti Sharma Wins ICC Women's Player of the Month for October 2026

India’s Deepti Sharma has won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for October 2026 for the second time in her career. She bested Bangladesh’s Sobhana Mostary and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland. Sharma made a stunning all-round contribution during Zimbabwe’s tour of India with 155 runs and 7 wickets in the T20I and ODI series. She hit a century in the 2nd ODI.

Deepti Sharma vs Zimbabwe

Sharma put on a great all-round show during the tour of India by Zimbabwe in October 2026. She scored 155 runs taking 7 wickets in 6 internationals.

Key contributions include,

Scored 49 runs off 37 balls in the 1st T20I in Raipur. This helped India recover from losing 4 wickets for just 19 runs.
Took 2 wickets in the T20I series to help India win the series.
Took 2 wickets in the 1st ODI.
Scored an unbeaten century of 106 in the 2nd ODI which was her 2nd century in ODIs. She also took 3 wickets to help India win by 121 runs. This put them into an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series.

Her performances helped India go undefeated in all 6 internationals against Zimbabwe.

ICC Women’s Player of the Month – October 2026

Sharma was chosen over Sobhana Mostary from Bangladesh and Annabel Sutherland from Australia.

Player	Country	Performance
Deepti Sharma	India	155 runs, 7 wickets (6 matches)
Sobhana Mostary	Bangladesh	129 runs (3 ODIs)
Annabel Sutherland	Australia	118 runs, 7 wickets (6 matches)

Mostary’s standout performance was hitting 118 against Australia in Brisbane. This was the highest individual score by any Bangladeshi woman in ODIs. Sutherland put in a brilliant all-round performance in the Australian white-ball matches.

Deepti Sharma’s Previous Award

This is Sharma’s second time winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month. She won the award back in December 2023.

She also played a key role in helping India win the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 last October. Her performances in October 2026 built upon her great form in internationals.

ICC Player of the Month Award

The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the Player of the Month awards in January 2021 to recognise incredible performances from international cricketers in all formats.