Yashasvi Jaiswal named men's ICC Player of the Month (February)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named India's rising batting sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal as its Men's Player of the Month for February 2024. Jaiswal broke several records in the recently-concluded five-Test series against England. He finished as the highest run-scorer and was the Player of the Series. Notably, Jaiswal won the player-of-the-month award ahead of New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka.
700-plus runs in India-England Test series
Jaiswal smacked the most runs in the England Test series, with India winning 4-1. He slammed 712 runs at 89 (two tons). Jaiswal became the second Indian batter to slam 700 runs in a bilateral Test series. He joined legend Sunil Gavaskar, who slammed 774 runs in the 1971 away series against West Indies and 732 runs in the 1978-79 home series against WI.
Second-fastest Indian to 1,000 Test runs
Jaiswal also became the second-fastest Indian batter to complete 1,000 Test runs. The southpaw accomplished the milestone with his 29th run in Dharamsala. Jaiswal completed 1,000 Test runs in 16 innings of nine Test matches. He displaced Cheteshwar Pujara (18 innings) as the second-fastest Indian to the mark. Meanwhile, Vinod Kambli (14 innings) continues to be the fastest Indian to get the feat.
Other feats attained by Jaiswal
In Dharamsala, Jaiswal broke Virat Kohli's record of scoring the most runs for India in a Test series against England. Jaiswal now owns the most sixes by an Indian against a team. He raced to 26 sixes from nine innings against England. He broke a long-standing record of Tendulkar, who hit 25 sixes versus Australia from 74 Test innings.
Annabel Sutherland bags honors
In another development, Australia's Annabel Sutherland was adjudged the women's ICC Player of the Month. She became the fifth Australian to win this award after Alyssa Healy, Rachael Haynes, Tahlia McGrath, and Ashleigh Gardner. Sutherland scored 229 runs and accounted for seven wickets from four matches in February. She slammed a historic double-century in the one-off Test against South Africa.
Player of the month award
The ICC acknowledges brilliant performances every month in men's and women's categories internationally, and therefore, those players are nominated. Eventually, one of them is picked as the winner for that particular month. They have been handing out these monthly awards since the start of 2021. Renowned journalists and former cricketers form the voting panel. Meanwhile, the public has 10% voting rights.
