Harmanpreet Kaur, Mohammad Rizwan win ICC Player of the Month awards for September

10.10.2022 - 12:33 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Harmanpreet received the award for her memorable showing in the ODI series in England. The Indian skipper beat her deputy Smriti Mandhana and Bangladesh counterpart Nigar Sultana, who also came up with some stunning displays. "It was great to be nominated for the award, and to win it is an amazing feeling.

To come out as winner when being nominated alongside Smriti and Nigar is very humbling," Harmanpreet said after winning award. "I have always taken immense pride in representing my country and achieving the historic ODI series win in England will remain a landmark moment for me in my career," she added.

Harmanpreet had a memorable month not just with the bat but also as a captain, leading India to a memorable 3-0 ODI series sweep over England.

This was India's first series win in England since 1999. She led by example during the series and finished as the highest run-getter with 221 runs at an average of 221 and a strike rate of 103.27.

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Despite the experimentation, the Indian team cruised to the summit clash without being challenged much, though it lost to Pakistan in the league stage. India will clash with on Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday for an unprecedented seventh trophy. "This (Asia Cup) is such a platform where you can test your limitations, what type of cricket you want to play and that's what we done in this tournament, always testing ourselves, putting us into pressure," Harmanpreet said on the eve of the title-clash. "We tried a lot of combinations because we have to do those things as the World Cup is around the corner." Harmanpreet said their focus after stepping on to Bangladesh soil was to unearth future match-winners. "When we came to Bangladesh we discussed that every game we have to look for different match winners, we didn't want to depend on one or two players. We wanted everyone to step up and win the game for the team and I am really happy that we are getting different match winners," she said. "The most important thing is to stay positive and keep thinking what you can do better for the team. I don't feel we need to think about too many things, just stay positive."