ICC Player of the Month – February Nominees

ICC Player of the Month nominees for the month of February announced. West Indies star in the biggest chase in Asia- Kyle Mayers made it to the list for his double century on Test debut.

Indian off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and England Test skipper Joe Root who scored a double century in his 100th Test also made the list.

• The ICC Men’s Player of the Month Feb Nominees: Ravichandran Ashwin (IND), Joe Root (ENG) and Kyle Mayers (WI)
  
• ICC Women’s Player of the Month Feb Nominees: Tammy Beaumont (ENG), Brooke Halliday (NZ), Nat Sciver (ENG)

Ravichandran Ashwin played 3 tests against England as part of India’s ongoing series against them. In these Tests he scored a 106 in the second innings of India’s second Test victory over England at Chennai and took his 400th Test wicket in the third Test victory at Ahmedabad. Scoring a total of 176 runs across these games with taking a total of 24 wickets, Ashwin is the deserving candidate to be nominated in the Men’s category for February.

England Test captain Joe Root makes it to the list of nominations again this month for his outstanding performance with the bat and the ball. He scored a total of 333 runs and took 6 wickets overall in the 3 Tests that he played against India. In the first Test against India, Root scored a 218 to lead England to victory.

From the West Indies, Test debutant Kyle Mayers played 2 Tests against Bangladesh and scored a match-winning 210 to help the West Indies successfully chase 395 and win the first Test against Bangladesh. This performance alone is deserving of this nomination.