Dubai, 13 November: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma has been named ICC Women’s Player of the Month for October. South Africa’s Marco Jansen won the men’s award. It is Deepti’s second Player of the Month honour, after her first in December 2023, and Jansen’s first.
Deepti against Zimbabwe
Deepti was chosen for her work with bat and ball in India’s home series against Zimbabwe. In the ICC Women’s Championship ODI series she scored 106 not out in her only innings and took five wickets at an economy rate of 3.42, as India won 3-0. In the T20I series she batted once, scoring 49 off 37 balls, and took two wickets with her off-spin.
She was picked ahead of Bangladesh’s Sobhana Mostary and Australia’s Annabel Sutherland, the other two on the shortlist.
“The series against Zimbabwe was a great one for us, and I’m proud of the way the team performed, especially the youngsters,” Deepti said. “Scoring a century was a particularly special moment for me, made even more meaningful as it contributed to a winning cause.”
Jansen tops two Test rankings
Jansen scored 198 runs and took 13 wickets in October. His best match was the second Test against Australia in Gqeberha, where he made 85 and had figures of five for 33 and one for 34. The performances took the 26-year-old to the top of both the ICC Test Bowling and All-rounder rankings. He is the first South African bowler to be number one since Kagiso Rabada in 2024, and the first South African to top the all-rounders’ list since Vernon Philander in August 2014.
He won ahead of Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas and West Indies captain Shai Hope. Jansen said South Africa’s focus now is on building momentum towards the ICC World Test Championship Final next year.
Both winners were decided by a vote of fans registered on the ICC website and a panel of former international players and media representatives.
Also this week: ICC rankings, with Gurnoor Brar up 60 places.
