For February 2024, the ICC Men's Player of the Month was revealed
The young super star of team India, Yashasvi Jaiswal, beat competition from New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka to win the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for February 2024.
He is the leading run-getter in the ongoing cycle of the ICC World Test Championship, and aiding his charge were two scintillating double hundreds that came in the month of February in back-to-back Test matches.
Jaiswal was in top form against England in the World Test Championship series at home, slamming 219 in Vizag in the first innings of the second Test and then going on to make a second-inning double century in the next Test in Rajkot to help India take the lead in the series.
Jaiswal ended February with astounding numbers in the three Tests he featured in—560 runs at an average of 112, including 20 sixes.
After Jaiswal was informed about the win, he said, “I’m really happy to have achieved the ICC award, and I hope I will be getting more in the future. It’s one of the best, and this is my first five-match series.”
“I really enjoyed it—the way I have played and the way it’s been—and we won the series by 4-1. It’s been an incredible experience with all my friends, and I really enjoyed it.”
Jaiswal also rated his Rajkot knock at 214*, which is his crowning achievement. “I think when I celebrated my double century in Rajkot, I think that was something that I really enjoyed and felt. And I was; I was living,” he added.