The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the nominees for the Player of the Month for November 2024. Pakistan National Cricket Team’s Haris Rauf, South Africa National Cricket Team’s Marco Jansen, and India National Cricket Team’s Jasprit Bumrah will be fighting up for the spot.
Haris Rauf is the first nominee for the ICC Player of the Month for November. The Pakistan National Cricket Team pacer played a vital role for the team in winning the ODI series in Australia after 22 years. He was the shining light for the team with the ball in the entire series.
Haris Rauf started the series with a three-wicket haul in Melbourne, and after that, he bagged a fifer in the second game that helped his team level the series. The premier pacer closed off the series with two more wickets and ended up with 10 scalps at an economy of just five, helping his team win the series win by 2-1.
Haris Rauf continued his form with the ball in T20Is against Australia as well. He picked up 5 wickets in the series and then ended the Month with three more wickets in Zimbabwe. Overall in November, the premier pacer picked 18 wickets in the games that he played.
Marco Jansen shined with bat and ball in November
Marco Jansen gives a tough fight to Haris Rauf as he, too, set the stage on fire with the ball in November. He was at his best with bat and ball in the T20I series against India. He picked up three wickets in the series and also slammed a vital half-century in the third game.
His impressive performance with the ball came in the recently concluded Test match against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team. He picked 11 wickets in the game including a seven-wicket haul in first innings.
Jasprit Bumrah’s heroics in Perth makes ICC nominate him for Player of the Month Award
The last on the list is India’s Jasprit Bumrah. Captaining the team in the Perth Test against the Australia National Cricket Team, he led from the front and helped his team win the series. He picked a fifer in the first innings that saw the opposition getting all out for just 104 runs.
After that, he followed it up with three wickets in the second innings. Based on his staggering effort with the ball, India National Cricket Team won the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by a massive margin of 295 runs. He also won the Player of the Match award.
ICC also reveals nominees for ICC Women’s Player of the Month for November
For the ICC Women’s Player of the Month, South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk was nominated. She was the leading performer for her team in the T20I series whitewash against England. She came up with the vital effort with bat and ball in the series.
She scored 80 runs at an impressive average of 80 and a strike rate of 135.59. The all-rounder also picked 4 wickets in the series as well.
Danni Wyatt also makes it into the nominees for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month. She was the star for her team with the bat as she mustered 142 runs at a stunning average of 71 and a blistering strike rate of 163.21.
Apart from her, Bangladesh’s Sharmin Akhter also was one of the top performers in the month of November. She amassed 139 runs in just two matches at an average of 69.50 and a strike rate of 91.44.
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