India opener Shafali Verma’s match-winning efficiency with the bat within the Girls’s World Cup closing towards South Africa final month has earned her the ICC ‘Participant of the Month’ award for November.
Shafali, who got here in as a alternative for the injured Pratika Rawal within the semifinal towards Australia, smashed a 78-ball 87 — the best by an Indian opener in a Girls’s World Cup closing — because the hosts amassed a mammoth 298 for 7 after which secured a 52-run win to carry their maiden World Cup trophy in Navi Mumbai.
Shafali shared a 104-run stand with fellow opener Smriti Mandhana to set the platform for the large whole.
The 21-year-old beat Thailand’s Thipatcha Putthawong and UAE’s Esha Oza for her first-ever ‘Participant of the Month’ award.
“My first ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup expertise didn’t go as I anticipated however it ended much better than I might have ever wished or imagined,” mentioned Shafali in an ICC launch.
“I’m grateful that I might contribute to the workforce’s success within the closing and that I used to be in a position to be part of making historical past in successful the World Cup for the primary time and in entrance of a house crowd.
“I’m actually honoured to be named the Girls’s Participant of the Month for November. I dedicate this award to my teammates, coaches, household and everybody who has supported my journey till now. We win and lose as a workforce, the identical goes for this award,” added Shafali.
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South Africa spinner Simon Harmer received the lads’s award for his impressed bowling within the Take a look at collection towards India, which the Proteas received 2-0.
Harmer beat Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam and Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz to take the POTM award for the primary time.
The 36-year-old returned with a mixed haul of 17 wickets from the collection as South Africa clinched their maiden Take a look at rubber win in India in 25 years.
He returned with figures of 4 for 30 and 4 for 21 within the collection opener in Kolkata, adopted by three for 64 and 6 for 37 within the second match in Guwahati, ending the collection along with his 17-wicket haul at a mean of 8.94 and an financial system of 1.91.
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“Taking part in for my nation is a dream come true and the rest that comes from it in consequence is a bonus. I share this award with my teammates, coaches and assist employees and dedicate it to my household who enable me to exit and dwell my dream, typically having to go away them at residence to take action,” mentioned Harmer.