Sports Desk: India rising star Shubman Gill is the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for September 2023 after dominating a stretch of ODIs ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday revealed the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award recipient for September 2023 following an action-packed month of cricket.
Gill held off teammate Mohammed Siraj and England opener Dawid Malan to claim the award after compiling 480 ODI runs at an average of 80 during September. The opener made the most runs at the Asia Cup with 302 at an average of 75.5, including an unbeaten 27 not out as India crushed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final.
Gill backed up his strong tournament form with 178 runs in two innings against Australia as India fine-tuned for the Cricket World Cup on home soil, an ICC report said.
