Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, and Sikandar Raza received nominations for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for September. Gill achieved an unbeaten 223 runs against the West Indies in Guwahati.
During that innings, Gill registered 26 fours and 8 sixes while India successfully chased 406 runs in 43.3 overs. This 223 not out stands as the highest individual score recorded in a successful ODI chase.
Sharma posted 82 runs from 32 balls in the opening T20I match against Afghanistan. He later scored 108 runs off 45 deliveries in the third T20I game against Afghanistan.
The ICC noted that Sharma’s century came from 30 balls, marking the fastest T20I hundred by a batter from a Full Member nation. Overall, Sharma concluded the T20I series with 229 runs at an average of 76.33.
Sikandar Raza contributed 57 runs in the initial ODI match against Australia. Furthermore, Raza secured two wickets in the final ODI against Australia, dismissing Josh Inglis and Oliver Peake.
Shafali Verma topped the run-scoring charts at the Women's Asia Cup. Verma amassed 360 runs across seven T20 Internationals, achieving an average of 72 and a strike rate of 184.61.
In addition to that, Verma scored 188 runs across three innings at the Asian Games in Japan. She also contributed 48 runs in the gold-medal match when India beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs.
Chamari Athapaththu recorded 226 runs and claimed 14 wickets across seven T20Is. Athapaththu’s standout performance came during the Asia Cup against Indonesia, where she achieved a 7-5 haul, including a hat-trick.
Sree Charani claimed 18 wickets at an average of 4.83. Reaching 817 rating points in the ICC T20I rankings, Charani became the highest-rated women's T20I bowler in history.
