Dubai
India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has been nominated for May for May after her spectacular performance during the ODI tri-series in Sri Lanka last month. West Indies captain Haley Mathews and South African all -rounder Cloe Trayon have also been named in the women’s category for their brilliant performance in the limited overs format. In the men’s category, Scotland all -rounder Brendon McMulan and the United States Milind Kumar and the United Arab Emirates opener Muhammad Wasim have been nominated after his brilliant performance in the white ball format.
Rodrigues scored 204 runs in three matches of the tri -series in Sri Lanka, including 44 runs in the final against the hosts. During this, he scored 123 runs in 101 balls against South Africa, as he played a big role in winning India in the three teams tournaments.
West Indies captain Mathews, who is currently number 1 all -rounder in T20 and second in ODIs, showed why she tops the ICC player rankings. The three-time winner of the monthly award scored 48 runs in the first ODI in Derby against England and took two wickets, before the three-match T20 series was selected as the Player of the Series, he scored 177 runs with a strike-vet of over 137 and also took three wickets.
South African all -rounder Trayon scored 176 runs in three ODIs at a strike rate of 131.34 and took six wickets in the Sri Lanka tri -series in Colombo, including India. He scored 67 runs against India and scored 35 and 74 against the hosts. His left -arm spin bowling was in the discussion, as he took five wickets for 34 runs against Sri Lanka, including a hat -trick.
In the men’s shortlist, 25 -year -old McMulan has made a cut after scoring 233 runs in five ODIs and taking 10 wickets. A series of spectacular performance in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2, including two half -centuries against the UAE and 101 off 88 balls against the Netherlands in UAE, and four wickets for 55 runs, made him a contender for the award.
Off-spinning all-rounder Milind Kumar scored 201 runs in four ODIs at a great strike rate of 116.86 and also took nine wickets to be shortlisted for the award. His most spectacular performance was to score an unbeaten 115 off just 67 balls against Canada in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 matches in Loderhill. By doing this against Oman, he became the first player of USA to score a half -century in the same ODI and take five wickets.
During this time Muhammad Wasim proved his utility in both ODI and T20. He scored 169 runs in five ODIs playing as middle-order batsman in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 matches and then he was chosen as Player of the Series after UAE defeated Bangladesh 2–1 in the T20 series played in Sharjah. Leading the team and opening, he scored 54 and 82 runs in the first two matches of the series.
