ICC Player of the Month: Indian women's cricket team's star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has once again brought glory to India across the world with her brilliant performance. Deepti has been selected as the ICC Women's Player of the Month for October 2026. She left behind Sobhana Mostari of Bangladesh and Annabel Sutherland of Australia in the race for this award. The special thing is that Deepti has won this prestigious award for the second time in her career. Earlier also in December 2023, she had won this award. Marco Jansen became the best male player of October in the men's category.
Did wonders with bat and ball against Zimbabwe
Deepti Sharma has received this honor for her excellent performance in the home T20 and ODI series played against Zimbabwe in October. He contributed significantly to Team India's victory with his batting and bowling in both formats. Deepti played a total of 6 matches against Zimbabwe. During this, he scored 155 runs with the help of a century and also took 7 wickets while bowling. He played a brilliant inning of 49 runs in the first match of the T20 series. This inning of his played an important role in India's victory.
Multi-format brilliance sees Deepti Sharma named ICC Women's Player of the Month for October RUN
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Apart from this, he also took two wickets in the T20 series. The Indian team made a clean sweep of Zimbabwe in this series. After this, Deepti's excellent performance continued in the ODI series also. In the first ODI, he took two wickets, while in the second match he scored a brilliant century with his bat. This was the second century of his ODI career. In this match, he also did wonders with the ball and took two wickets.
Deepti expressed happiness on winning the award
Deepti Sharma expressed happiness after winning the ICC Women's Player of the Month award. He said that winning this award is very special for him. The entire series against Zimbabwe was excellent for the Indian team. He also praised the performance of young players. Deepti described her century as a special moment and said that this innings helped the team win, hence it is even more memorable for her.
Marco Jansen won ICC Player of the Month award for the first time
Along with women players, ICC has also announced the name of the best player of the month of October in men's category. South African all-rounder Marco Janssen has been named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for October 2026. 26 year old Yansen has won this award for the first time. Arafat Minhas of Pakistan and Shay Hope of West Indies were also included in this race.
A #WTC27 series-winning display against Australia earns Marco Jansen the October ICC Men's Player of the Month award 👏
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Yansen has received this award for his excellent performance in the Test series against Australia. South Africa won this series 2-1. In the second test played in Gkebarha, Yansen played a brilliant inning of 85 runs. Apart from this, he also showed excellence in bowling and took 5 wickets for 33 runs in the first innings. He took one wicket in the second innings also. The effect of his brilliant performance was also seen in the ICC rankings. Yansen has reached the first position in Test bowling and all-rounder rankings.
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