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Jemima Rodrigues received a unique gift on her 22nd birthday, ICC gave a place in the special list along with Stokes

Dubai. India’s star woman batsman Jemimah Rodrigues was on Monday named for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) player of the month award for her outstanding performance at the Commonwealth Games in August. Among the players nominated in the women’s category are Commonwealth Games gold medalists Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath of Australia. Jemima played an important role in taking India to the final of the Birmingham Games. She was fifth in the list of highest run scorers in the tournament with 146 runs in 5 matches. The Indian women’s team won the silver medal here. Today is also Rodriguez’s 22nd birthday.

Jemima Rodriguez played an important role in leading India to the title match by scoring the most unbeaten 56 off 46 balls in the crucial match against Barbados. On the other hand, Beth Mooney was the most successful batsman of the Games. He scored a 49-ball 70 against Pakistan in Australia’s final Group-A match and then played a 29-ball 36 against New Zealand in the semi-final. Tahlia impressed with her all-round performance. She played a big role in getting Australia a gold medal in women’s cricket for the first time in the Games. She was the joint second most successful bowler of the tournament with 8 wickets in 5 matches.

Sikandar Raza also in the list
England’s Test captain Ben Stokes, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner were named in the men’s section. Stokes made an important contribution to the team’s victory against South Africa in the second Test played in Manchester. He played a century innings of 103 runs. Apart from this, he also took wickets. At the same time, in the first test too, apart from scoring 40 runs, he took 3 wickets in his name.

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On the other hand, the month of August was excellent for Sikandar Raza. He scored a total of 3 centuries against Bangladesh and India. He also almost gave the team a victory against India in the third ODI. On the other hand, Mitchell Santner did well against the Netherlands and West Indies.

Tags: ben stokes, Commonwealth Games, ICC, ICC Player of the Month, Indian Womens Cricket, Jemimah Rodrigues

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