ICC named Babar Azam as player of the month for March 2022

 

ICC named Babar Azam as player of the month for March 2022 

Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam has been voted The ICC mens Players of the Month for March 2022.

Skipper Performed remarkably well throughout March, with his superb 196 in the second Test against Australia in Karachi. Babar Azam beat West Indies captain Kraig Brathwaite and Australia skipper Pat Cummins for the coveted monthly award. He become the first player to win the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award on two occasions, having won the title in April 2021.

In Benaud-Qadir Trophy, hosted by Pakistan Azam finished as the third-highest run-scorer after Usman Khawaja and Abdullah Shafique. He scored 390 runs at an average of 78, including two half-centuries and a century. The highlight of the series was his match-saving 196 in the second innings of the second Test in Karachi.

Captain Babar Azam continued his outstanding test form in the ODI series, playing vital knocks in the first two games. In the first ODI, he scored 57 in Pakistan’s 88-run loss . He played a brilliant innings of 118 and lead Pakistan to a six-wicket win in the second contest.

“Babar Azam wins this award not only because of runs scored during the Pakistan v Australia tour, he was able to transition success with the bat across formats, from the Test Series into ODIs,” said former West Indies star and member of the voting panel Daren Ganga.

“Significantly, him being able to fulfil the burden of expectation as a captain and batsman for Pakistan being host to an Australian team visiting after 24 years is a monumental achievement