Jasprit Bumrah beat Pat Cummins to win the ICC Player of the Month award for December 2024.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the player of the month for December 2024. Indian national cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been awarded for his heroics with the ball during the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. against the Australian National Cricket Team.
Jasprit Bumrah beat Pat Cummins and Dane Paterson to win the ICC Player of the Month award. The Indian national cricket team pacer played three matches in December and was extremely good with the ball during the month as he took 22 wickets at an incredible average of 14.22.
Jasprit Bumrah single-handedly carried the Indian bowling squad in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Bumrah single-handedly carried the Indian bowling line-up in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. and was the main performer with the ball on both sides. He started the month of December on a high as he took four wickets in the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide.
After that, Bumrah went all out in the third match of the series at the Gabba in Brisbane. The top pacer picked six wickets in the first innings and then followed it up with three wickets in the second innings to complete a nine-wicket haul.
Jasprit Bumrah took 32 wickets in the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Jasprit Bumrah continued his golden touch with the ball in the fourth match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, which was the Boxing-day Test. The fast bowler picked four wickets in the first innings and then followed it up with five wickets in the second innings.
Overall, in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Jasprit Bumrah took 32 wickets and was the lone warrior of the Indian national cricket team. He was also awarded the man of the series award and also became the highest ranked bowler according to the ICC ratings. He overtook Ravichandran Ashwin’s 904 rating points to achieve this feat.
Jasprit Bumrah also achieved a major milestone during the series by claiming his 200th Test wicket. He became the fourth fastest player to reach this milestone in terms of balls thrown. The Indian national cricket team pacer also became the first bowler in history to take 200 Test wickets at an average below 20.
Annabel Sutherland awarded ICC Player of the Month
On the other hand, Australia’s Annabel Sutherland was awarded the ICC player of the month. She was one of the best performers in December as he was outstanding with bat and ball in five ODIs – three against India and two against New Zealand.
Annabel Sutherland amassed 269 runs in December with two centuries, one for 110 against India in Perth and an unbeaten 105 against New Zealand in Wellington. The batter had an average of 67.25 and a strike rate of 113.98 in December. She also took 9 wickets at an exceptional economy rate of 3.85 and an average of 16.22.
