Australia’s expertise batter Steve Smith, India’s Shubman Gill and New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips. — Reuters/File
Australia’s skilled batter Steve Smith, India’s Shubman Gill and New Zealand’s at all times good within the discipline Glenn Phillips have been shortlisted for the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month award for February 2025.
New Zealand’s dynamic all-rounder Phillips faces stiff competitors from top-ranked ODI batter Gill and Australia’s veteran Smith.
Well-known for his brilliance within the discipline, Phillips was equally spectacular with the bat for New Zealand over the course of the final month, throughout which he piled up 236 runs in 5 innings at a superb strike charge of 124.21.
He helped New Zealand win the tri-nation ODI sequence in opposition to hosts Pakistan and South Africa as he remained unbeaten in all three matches, scoring 106, 28 and 20, respectively.
Phillips carried his kind into the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 and scored an necessary half-century in opposition to the hosts, Pakistan, earlier than enjoying one other unbeaten knock in opposition to Bangladesh.
India’s Gill, who not too long ago claimed the highest spot within the males’s ODI batting rankings, continued his purple patch as he collected 406 runs in 5 innings at an astounding common of 101.50 and a strike charge of 94.19.
Gill, who was named the participant of the sequence in India’s 3-0 victory at dwelling in opposition to England, translated his kind into the eight-team match and scored a gutsy century in opposition to Bangladesh in his aspect’s marketing campaign opener.
He adopted it up with a wise 46-run knock in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan.
Australia’s batting maestro Steve Smith, who not too long ago known as time on his ODI profession, was nominated primarily as a result of his performances in Exams.
Smith shone through the current two-match away Take a look at sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka, scoring 141 and 131 in two matches with a strike charge of 136.00 and was named the Participant of the Sequence.
His numbers in ODIs, nonetheless, are contrasting as he managed to attain simply 65 runs in 4 innings at a modest common of 21.66.
