ICC Player of the Month Shubman Gill: Team India’s star batsman and ODI vice -captain Shubman Gill performed brilliantly in the Champions Trophy. Also became Team India Champion. Now Indian team star opener Shubman Gill was awarded the ICC Mains Player of the Month title for the month of February on Wednesday.
Jaspreet Bumrah left behind in this case
Till now Jasprit Bumrah was the most often ICC Player of the Month’s Indian cricketer. Jasprit Bumrah has won the ICC Player of the Month Award twice. But now Shubman Gill has left Jaspreet Bumrah behind. However, this is Gill’s third ICC Mains Player of the Month title. Earlier, he won the award twice in January and September 2023.
Shubman Gill also left behind Steve Smith and Glenn Philips
Last month, Shubman Gill scored 406 runs in ODI format. Apart from Shubman Gill, Australia captain Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Glenn Philips were nominated for the ICC Player of the Month for February, but Shubman Gill won the award. Recently, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team won the Champions Trophy. Shubman Gill is considered an important contribution in Team India’s victory.
Batting like champion in Champions Trophy
Gill also continued his brilliant performance in the Champions Trophy. He won India by playing an unbeaten innings of 101 runs in the first match of the tournament against Bangladesh. He then played a strong innings of 46 runs against Pakistan. Thanks to this innings, India won both their opening matches in the Champions Trophy.
