This collage reveals Pakistan’s girls’s workforce captain Fatima Sana (left) and males’s cricket workforce opening batter Sahibzada Farhan. — Instagram/sahibzadafarhanofficial/fatima_sana14
Pakistan’s opening batter Sahibzada Farhan and ladies’s cricket captain Fatima Sana have been included among the many nominees for the ICC’s Participant of the Month award for February 2026.
Farhan loved a exceptional run with the bat throughout the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, ending because the match’s highest run-scorer.
The suitable-handed opener broke the document for essentially the most runs in a single version of the match, surpassing Virat Kohli’s earlier tally of 319 runs set within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2014.
Farhan amassed 383 runs at a powerful strike price of 160.25 whereas averaging 76.60.
The Pakistan opener additionally registered two centuries throughout the match — in opposition to Namibia and Sri Lanka — changing into the primary batter to attain two a whole bunch in a single version of the Males’s T20 World Cup.
His prolific type helped Pakistan attain the Tremendous 8 stage of the competitors, the place they narrowly missed out on a spot within the semi-finals.
In the meantime, Fatima Sana delivered a string of spectacular all-round performances in opposition to South Africa, regardless of her aspect narrowly dropping each the ODI and T20I sequence 2-1.
Her tour de pressure got here within the first T20I, the place she smashed a superb 90. She adopted this up with an unbeaten 47 and figures of two for 12 within the third match, a efficiency that earned her the Participant of the Match award.
Sana additionally contributed considerably within the 50-over format, placing an important 52 and claiming two essential wickets within the second ODI. Throughout your complete tour, she took 4 wickets within the ODI sequence and two within the T20Is.
The opposite nominee in males’s cricket, England’s Jacks, performed an important function in his aspect’s run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals with impactful performances with each bat and ball.
The 27-year-old scored 194 runs at a strike price of 173.21 and claimed 11 wickets at an financial system price barely above eight.
His excellent performances earned him 4 Participant of the Match awards, essentially the most by any participant in a single version of the Males’s T20 World Cup.
Jacks delivered notably essential performances within the Tremendous 8 stage in opposition to Sri Lanka and New Zealand, serving to England end prime of Group 2.
USA pacer Van Schalkwyk additionally impressed with the ball throughout the match, rising as one of many main wicket-takers.
The suitable-arm quick bowler claimed 13 wickets throughout the marketing campaign. He made an instantaneous influence in USA’s opening match in opposition to India, selecting up 4 wickets.
Van Schalkwyk produced equivalent figures of 4/25 in opposition to Pakistan later within the group stage, additional highlighting his consistency.
Aside from his wicket-taking potential, the pacer additionally maintained a powerful financial system price of seven.76 all through the match.
