After the Champions Trophy 2025, India’s opener Shubman Gill has created history. In fact, on Wednesday, the ICC awarded Gill with the Player of the Month Award. He was elected the best male player for his best performance in the month of February. Gill won the award by beating Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Glenn Philips. He has become the ICC Player of the Month for the third time and created history.
Let me tell you that Shubman Gill has become the Indian cricketer to receive the most player of the month award. He has equaled Pakistan batsman Babar Azam in the overall list. Babur has also won the Male Player of the Month Award three times so far. Gill, 25, scored 406 runs in five ODIs last month at an average of 101.50 and a strike rate of 94.19. He played a key role to win India 3–0 by scoring two half-centuries and a century in the three-match ODI series against England in February. He scored 87 runs in the first ODI played in Nagpur, 60 in the second match played in Cuttack and 112 runs in the third ODI in Ahmedabad.
Gill made Player of the Series with Player of the Match by hitting 14 fours and three sixes in a 102 -ball innings in Ahmedabad. He also continued this magnificent rhythm in the Champions Trophy. Gill contributed 101 runs against Bangladesh in India’s first match in Dubai and 46 against Pakistan.
Gill scored a total of 188 runs in five matches at an average of 47.00 in the Champions Trophy. India defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the final, taking 31 runs with Gill’s bat. Gill had earlier won the ICC Player of the Month Award in 2023. India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has received this award twice so far.
India’s talismanic batter Shubman Gill wins third ICC Men’s Player of the Month for batting exploits during February 👏
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