Indian cricketer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was among the cricketers nominated for the ICC ”Player of the Month” award for March following his standout performances in the limited overs matches against England.
Last month, Bhuvneshwar Kumar played three ODIs against England in which he took six wickets at an economy rate of 4.65.
He also played five T20 Internationals against England in which he took four wickets at a superb economy rate of 6.38.
The ICC on Thursday announced the nominees to recognise the best performances from both male and female cricketers across all forms of international cricket.
Besides Bhuvneshwar, the others in the men’s category included ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams.
In women’s cricket, Rajeshwari played five ODIs against South Africa and has been their leading wicket-taker in both the white ball series. She took 8 wickets with an economy rate of 3.56 in the ODIs and in the three T20Is against the same opponent she took 4 wickets with an economy rate of 4.75.
Raut played five ODIs against South Africa where she scored a total of 263 runs at 87.66 with a strike rate of 71.66.
Raut has been India’s top run-scorer in the ODI series against South Africa, scoring a century and two half-centuries in these games.
