Mitchell Santner nominated for Player of the Month: India snatched victory by taking 13 wickets in the Pune Test; Rabada-Noman also in the race

Mitchell Santner played an important role for New Zealand in defeating India in the Test series.

New Zealand’s left arm spinner Mitchell Santner has been nominated for Player of the October Month. He took 13 wickets in both innings against India in the Pune Test. On the basis of this performance, New Zealand won the second test and series.

Along with Santner, Pakistan’s left arm spinner Noman Ali and South Africa’s pacer Kagiso Rabada are also in the race to win the award. Rabada performed well against Bangladesh and Noman performed well against England.

Santner was the player of the match Santner could play only one match in the Test series against India, but in this match he gave a game changing performance. Santner took 7 wickets for just 59 runs in the first innings. He then stopped India from chasing the target of 359 runs by taking 6 wickets in the second innings.

The 32-year-old spinner took wickets in the match by bowling at an average of just 12.07. Not only this, he also scored 33 runs in the first innings. He was given the Player of the Match award in Pune for his all-round performance. He could not play the third test due to injury.

Mitchell Santner was the player of the match in the Pune Test.

Rabada gave his best in Bangladesh South Africa’s right arm pacer Kagiso Rabada took 14 wickets in 2 Tests against Bangladesh last month. He took wickets at an average of just 9, including 5-wicket hauls in 2 innings. In both the innings of the first match, he took 9 wickets for just 72 runs.

The 29-year-old fast bowler again took 5 wickets for 37 runs in the second test. On the basis of this performance, South Africa won the second match by an innings margin. Rabada received the Player of the Series award for taking 14 wickets.

Kagiso Rabada took 14 wickets at an average of 9 in 2 Tests against Bangladesh.

Noman had given Pakistan 2 wins over England 38-year-old left arm spinner Noman Ali took 20 wickets at an average of 13.85 in 2 Tests against England last month. On the basis of this performance, Pakistan won the last 2 matches after falling 1-0 in the series against England and won the series 2-1.

Noman took 11 wickets for 147 runs in the first match and 9 wickets for 130 runs in the second test. Noman also gave his team a lead of 77 runs by scoring 45 runs in the second test. Along with him, Sajid Khan also took 18 wickets in the series. Due to the performance of both, Pakistan won a Test at home after 3 years.

Noman Ali took 20 wickets in 2 tests against England.

Players from 3 different countries also included in women’s team The names of 1 player each from New Zealand and South Africa are also included for the Women’s Player of the Month Award. All-rounder Amelia Kerr, who was part of the T20 World Cup winning team, has the strongest claim. After them, South Africa’s captain batsman Laura Walwart and West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin are also in the race.