Delhi: Indian women's cricket team's opening batsman Shefali Verma has been chosen ICC Women's Player of the Month for the month of September. He achieved this feat with his excellent performance in the Asia Cup and Asian Games. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu and India's left arm spinner Sri Charani were also in the running for this award.

Created a blast with the bat in Asia Cup

Let us tell you that Shefali had also received this award in November last year. Then she played a match-winning inning in the final of the Women's ODI World Cup against South Africa. Now by winning this honor for the second time, he has shown his brilliant performance.

Verma was the highest run scorer for the Indian team in the Asia Cup. He scored a total of 360 runs at a strike rate of 184.61 and also took 6 wickets. His performance played an important role in India's title win.

Showed strength in Asian Games also

Shefali scored an unbeaten 100 runs against Bangladesh in the semi-finals of the Asian Bowl. After this, he played an important inning of 48 runs in the final against Sri Lanka.

Shefali said that it is a matter of pride for her to win this ICC award for the second time. Contributing to India's victory in the Asia Cup and Asian Games was a special experience for him. He expressed his desire to continue his good performance in future also. She also expressed her excitement about the ICC Women's Champions Trophy to be held in February and described the memories of winning the World Cup on home soil as special.

Shubman Gill also made a record

Indian men's team captain Shubman Gill also won the ICC Player of the Month award for the fifth time. He batted brilliantly in the ODI series against West Indies. Gill said that it was very special for him to contribute to the victory in front of the home crowd. He also talked about improving the level of the team for the upcoming World Cup.