Babar Azam, Alyssa Healy voted ICC players of the month
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has received the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021 for his steallar efficiency towards South Africa, whereas Australia’s Alyssa Healy received the highest Women’s honour.
In the month of April, Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the No.1 ranked batsman in the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, ending India captain Virat Kohli’s long reign. Azam performed brilliantly against South Africa during Pakistan’s white-ball tour.
"The world bats in two ways in white ball cricket. One way is to destroy attacks with muscle and force and then there is the Babar Azam way, like conducting a batting symphony with punch, panache and flair, and he deserves to win this award," Ramiz Raja, representing the ICC Voting Academy, said in a release.
Babar hit a match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa helped him gain 13 rating points to reach a career-best 865 points. He also contributed 122 from 59 balls in Pakistan’s successful chase in the third match of a T20I series against the same opposition.
Australia women’s team wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April 2021.
Ian Bishop commented on Healy’s performance in April, he said “Healy deserves to win the ICC Women’s Player of the Month - April as she added the runs at the top consistently and at a good tempo to help set up Australia's scoring in chases and target setting across all three games of their record-breaking series.”
