Ravindra Jadeja Nominated For ICC Men's Player Of Month For February

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the outstanding performers nominated for the Men's Player of the Month Awards for February 2023, capturing the thrilling action that played out across international cricket during the month on Tuesday. Ravindra Jadeja is on the shortlist for the first time after inspiring a dominant start to the series for India in their World Test Championship battle against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar series.

Harry Brook continues to thrive in Test cricket, and yet more explosive scoring during England's series in New Zealand last month earns him another nomination for the award, following his win back in December.

The final name in line for the ICC Men's Player of the Month crown is the West Indies' spinner Gudakesh Motie, who returned staggering figures in a record-breaking bowling display during their away Test series in Zimbabwe.

India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja celebrated his return to international cricket after an injury lay-off by delivering back-to-back match-winning performances for his side.

During the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Nagpur, Jadeja ran through Australia's middle order in the first innings. The 34-year-old picked up superb figures of 5/47 as the tourists were floored for 177. In response, after India had lost half their side while they were nine runs in deficit, Jadeja (70 runs) forged crucial partnerships with Rohit Sharma and Axar Patel to ensure that his team got a substantial lead. His 2/34 helped bundle Australia out for an innings defeat.

The Saurashtra player continued his splendid run in Delhi. He got the crucial wicket of Australia's top-scorer Usman Khawaja on the way to 3/68 in the first innings. The all-rounder came good