ICC reveals the player of the month of March

Babar Azam and Rachael Haynes, entitled as Player of the Month for March 2022 by ICC

IPL 2022: ICC took to social media to make the announcement. Babar Azam won for his performance in the recently concluded Test and ODI series against Australia

The Pakistan skipper scored centuries in both formats and became the first player to win the ICC Men’s ‘Player of the Month’ award on two occasions, after being crowned back in April 2021.

As for Women’s “player of the month,” left-handed Rachel Haynes was selected.

She was one of Australia’s star performers at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, which they won. She scored 429 runs in eight games at an average of 61.28,

She went ahead of fellow nominees Sophie Ecclestone (England) and Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa) to win the award.

“Rachael Haynes has displayed tremendous consistency for Australia,” remarked former Pakistan skipper Sana Mir.

“She set the tone for the tournament with a big hundred in her first game and her contributions throughout the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup set a platform for the other batters to build on. Haynes is a quality batter and a leader in the women’s game,” Mir added.

Azam pipped fellow nominees Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) and Pat Cummins (Australia).

Speaking about Azam’s phenomenal performances in March, member of the voting panel and former West Indies international Daren Ganga said, “Babar wins this award not only because of the significant glut of runs scored during the Pakistan vs Australia tour, but also because his success with the bat across formats.”

“Being able to fulfil the burden of expectation as a captain and batter for Pakistan as host to an Australian team visiting after 24 years is a monumental achievement.”