Shubman Gill wins ICC Player of the Month award for February
India’s Shubman Gill was on Wednesday announced as the winner of ICC’s Player of the month award for February after his performances in the recently concluded Champions Trophy as well as the ODI series against England. In the month of February, Gill played 5 ODIs and scored 406 runs, averaging 101.50 at a strike rate of 94.19.
Gill, who won the award after beating Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips, scored over fifty runs in all three ODIs in the England series where he slammed 87 in Nagpur, 60 in Cuttack and then 112 in Ahmedabad.
Continuing his golden run into the Champions Trophy, Gill hit an unbeaten 101 to lead India’s chase in their tournament opener against Bangladesh here. He followed it up with a resolute 46 against Pakistan.
India won both of their opening matches in the Champions Trophy on the back of these knocks. After single digit scores against new Zealand and Australia in a group stage match and semifinal respectively, Gill scored 31 in the final against the Kiwis.
Star India batter takes home the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February 2025 🔥
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— ICC (@ICC) March 12, 2025
This is the third ICC Men’s Player of the Month honour for Gill, who had previously won it twice in 2023 — January and September.
Gill has also recently come under praise from former India player Sanjay Bangar who said that the Punjab player will lead the Indian team’s batting in the years to come.
“Clearly, he’s the guy who is going to shoulder the responsibility of the Indian team going forward in years to come,” Bangar said on JioHotstar.
Meanwhile, Gill also retained his spot at the top of the ODI batter rankings after his display during the Champions Trophy, while his Indian captain Rohit Sharma came up from 5th to third after his match-winning performance against New Zealand in the final.
Their teammate, Virat Kohli is currently ranked No. 5 with his 218 runs in the Champions Trophy.
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