ICC Player of the Month: Shubman Gill Sets Record with Fifth Award

India skipper Shubman Gill has bagged his fifth ICC Player of the Month award to add further to his own record in the men’s section. The accolade comes in light of the fantastic performances of Gill in the ODI series against the West Indies, including a hundred and a double century. He is now on par with Hayley Matthews, the captain of the West Indies women’s team, who has five such awards.

Fifth ICC Player of the Month Award for Shubman Gill

The reason for giving this award to Gill was his great performance in the ODI series against the West Indies. In the first match of ODI in Thiruvananthapuram, he scored 110 runs, assisting India to win by eight wickets and thus making India 1-0 ahead in the series.

This was followed by a great performance from him where he smashed a score of 223 runs from 133 balls; which was termed the fastest double century as per the report supplied. This enabled India to chase a target of 406 runs winning by eight wickets.

Gill’s Previous Awards of ICC Player of the Month

Gill has been awarded the ICC Player of the Month in the following months,

Gill Ties Hayley Matthews in Total Number of Wins

The latest win has made Gill equal to Hayley Matthews, the captain of the West Indies Women’s Cricket Team, who is also an ICC Player of the Month five times.

Hayley Matthews has achieved the same record as Gill, but in the Women’s category.

India’s Players Bag Both Monthly Awards for Third Time

The present awards also indicate the fifth time when the winners of both categories have been players representing the same national board in the same month. This achievement has been accomplished by the Indian players thrice.

As per the given report, Abhishek Sharma of India and Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe have been considered among the nominees for the men’s category. As far as the women’s category is concerned, the nominations have included Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka and Sree Charani of India.