The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for April 2023. After impressive match-winning performances for their respective countries in the One-Day International (ODI) format, Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman receives the ICC Men's Player of the Month title, and Thailand's Naruemol Chaiwai wins the ICC Women's Player of the Month.
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Why Fakhar Zaman?
Following a quiet T20I series, Fakhar was at the forefront of his side’s success in the subsequent ODI showdowns. Chasing 289 in the first match in Rawalpindi, the batter enjoyed a 124-run opening stand with Imam-ul-Haq in a supreme display of control and counter-attacking play, eventually securing a five-wicket win thanks to 117 runs in 114 balls. In the global poll, Fakhar defeated fellow nominees Mark Chapman (New Zealand) and Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), and he commented on his win in April.
Why Naruemol Chaiwai?
Naruemol Chaiwai celebrates winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April following a consistent spell of high scoring across Thailand’s historic ODI series victory against Zimbabwe, which the hosts won 3-0. Chaiwai emerged victorious from Kavisha Egodage of UAE, and Kelis Ndhlovu of Zimbabwe in the voting process, and becomes the first Thai player to be named ICC Player of the Month.
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• ICC Founded: 15 June 1909;
• ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay;
• ICC CEO: Geoff Allardice;
• ICC Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
