Deepti in contention for ICC ‘Player of the Month’ honour
In three T20Is that preceded the ODIs, Deepti batted only once, scoring 49 off 37 balls and chipped in with two scalps with her off-spin
- ✓In three T20Is that preceded the ODIs, Deepti batted only once, scoring 49 off 37 balls and chipped in with two scalps with her off-spin
- ✓India blanked Zimbabwe 3-0 in the 50-overs series.
- ✓In three T20Is that preceded the ODIs, Deepti batted only once, scoring 49 off 37 balls and chipped in with two scalps with her off-spin.
India’s Deepti Sharma. Photo: ICC via Getty Images. India’s Deepti Sharma was among the six players shortlisted for the ICC Player of the Month awards here on Thursday. Deepti scored an unbeaten 106 in her only outing with the bat in a home ICC Women’s Championship series match against Zimbabwe and took five wickets at an economy rate of 3.42.
India blanked Zimbabwe 3-0 in the 50-overs series. In three T20Is that preceded the ODIs, Deepti batted only once, scoring 49 off 37 balls and chipped in with two scalps with her off-spin. The other players who were shortlisted include South Africa’s Marco Jansen, Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas, West Indies captain Shai Hope, Australia’s Annabel Sutherland, and Bangladesh’s Sobhana Mostary.
Jansen topped the bowlers’ and all-rounders’ tables in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings during this period, and Arafat was named the Player of the Series in the Pakistan Tri-Series. Hope made the shortlist on the back of some outstanding performances in white-ball cricket.
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| Issuing Authority | The Hindu Sports |
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| Topic Category | SPORTS |
| Jurisdiction | All India / National |
| Publication Date | 5 November 2026 |