Brisbane:Dhaka Bangladesh batter Sobhana Mostary has been shortlisted for the ICC Player of the Month award for October, following her remarkable performance during Bangladesh's maiden bilateral series tour in Australia.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Sobhana achieved the highest score by a woman batter from Bangladesh against Australia, with a commendable 118 off 134 deliveries in the second match of the ICC Women's Championship series held in Brisbane. She concluded the series with a total of 129 runs at a strike rate of 73.71.
Sobhana is set to compete for the women's honor against Australia's Annabel Sutherland and India's Deepti Sharma. Meanwhile, for the men's category, South Africa's Marco Jansen, Pakistan's Arafat Minhas, and West Indies captain Shai Hope have been shortlisted. Jansen topped the bowlers' and all-rounders' tables in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings during this period, Arafat was named the Player of the Series in the Pakistan Tri-Series, and Hope was recognized for his outstanding performances in white-ball cricket.