The two heavyweights were selected as April’s exceptional entertainers after a vote by an extraordinary board consisting of ICC Lobby of Famers, previous global players, and media representatives.
Thailand captain Naruemol Chaiwai was named the best player in the women’s division after winning one-day international matches for her team, and Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman was named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April.
A special panel of ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, representatives of the media, and global cricket fans registered at icc-cricket.com, who had been voting since the nominees were announced last week, selected both batters as April’s outstanding performers.
After scoring two crucial match-winning centuries in Pakistan’s ODI series victory over touring New Zealand, Fakhar becomes the first Pakistani player since Sidra Ameen did so in November 2022 to win the monthly award. After a calm T20I series, Fakhar was the driving force behind his team’s success in the subsequent ODI matches.
In the first ODI in Rawalpindi, chasing 289 runs, the batter scored 117 out of 114 balls to win by five wickets after a 124-run opening stand with Imam-ul-Haq. Fakhar struck an unbeaten 180 from 144 balls as Pakistan recorded their second most raised ever fruitful ODI pursue, setting a monstrous objective of 337 in the second ODI at a similar area.
Taking into account his prosperity, Fakhar said, “For this ongoing month has been one of the components of my calling. I had loads of tomfoolery scoring continuous hundreds of years in Rawalpindi, yet my most loved was the second-match 180 not out.” Fakhar defeated individual chosen people Imprint Chapman (New Zealand) and Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) in the global vote. After scoring a lot of runs in Thailand’s notable 3-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the one-day international series, Chaiwai celebrates receiving the award. The Thai captain won Player-of-the-Series for his two unbeaten centuries prior to the series victory.