ICC Player of the Month Award: Rishabh Pant along with two other international stars nominated for ICC Men?s Player of the Month.



ICC Player of the Month Award: Team India?s historic win architect Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the ICC Men?s Player of the Month award by the International Cricket Council along with England skipper Joe Root and Ireland cricketer Paul Stirling.



The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken an initiative to appreciate and celebrate the best performer of the month in men and women?s category across all the three international cricket format. The inaugural nominees of the award are team India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, Ireland cricketer Paul Stirling and England skipper Joe Root.



Rishabh Pant against Australia performed out of the box and scored 97 at Sydney which held the foundation for the draw and a classy unbeaten 89 at Brisbane to ensure the series win against Australia in Australia.



England skipper Joe Root has been nominated for his power-packed performance against Sri Lanka in the two test games. Root scored 228 and 186 to lead his side to a 2-0 easy win at Sri Lanka.



While the third in the list is Paul Stirling, he played two ODI against UAE and three against Afghanistan where he amassed three centuries.



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<h2>ICC Player of the Month Award for Women's</h2>



Among the Women?s cricketer, South Africa?s Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp and Pakistan?s Diana Baig are announced as the nominees for the inaugural award.



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Baig featured in three ODIs and two Twenty20 games against South Africa and she scalped nine wickets in the three ODIs. She became the leading wicket-taker of the series.



Shabnim Ismail played two T20Is and three ODIs against Pakistan and took seven wickets. She even picked five wickets in the second T20I game against Pakistan.



Ismail?s counterpart all-rounder Marizanne Kapp played the equal number of games and amassed 115 runs at a strike rate of 110.57. Kapp picked three wickets in the ODI series against Pakitan which landed her in the list of nominees of the inaugural award of the month.



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ICC Player of the Month Award:  Rishabh Pant along with two other international stars nominated for ICC Men?s Player of the Month

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ICC Player of the Month: Rishabh Pant won the ICC Player of the Month award.



ICC Player of the Month: Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant after his heroic against Australia, emerged as the ICC inaugural Player of the Month. Pant gave two match-winning performance against Australia last month to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21 with 2-1 Lead.



The left-handed batsman scored 97 at Sydney and an unbeaten 89 at Brisbane Gaba to seal the iconic series against Australia in Australia.



Rishabh Pant appreciated the initiatives taken by the ICC to motivate the cricketers for their performances in the recent past.&nbsp;



?For any sportsperson, contributing to a team win is the ultimate reward but such initiatives help motivate youngsters such as myself to do better each time,? Rishabh Pant after winning the inaugural award.



?I dedicate this award to every member of Team India that contributed to our victory in Australia and also thank all my fans who voted for me.?



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Pant against the likes of Joe Root, Paul Stirling won the awards for his crucial knock.



<h2>ICC Women's Player of the Month Award:</h2>



For the women?s? category, South African Shabnim Ismail was named as the winner of the inaugural award.



Ismail in the three games ODI series against Pakistan took seven scalps and ran through Pakistani T20 lineup in the second T20I as she picked five wickets to win the game.



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All the three nominees were chosen on the basis of the on-field performances and overall achievements in the given one months period i.e., from the first day of the month to the last day.



The voting was then conducted to choose the winner among the nominees. The voting is done by the independent ICC Voting academy and the fans across the globe.



The ICC Voting Academy comprises of the former cricket personalities along with senior journalist and members of ICC Hall of Fame.



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ICC Player of the Month: Rishabh Pant won the ICC Player of the Month award

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ICC Player of the Month (February) Ashwin, Root and Kyle Mayers nominated.



ICC Player of the Month: Team India?s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, England Test skipper Joe Root and West Indies new batting sensation Kyle Mayers have been nominated for the ICC Player of the Month award for the outstanding performances in the month of February.



International Cricket Council earlier this year started an initiative to promote the best performances of the month in the Cricketing field. The winner of the inaugural ICC Player of the Month award was Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. The left-handed batsman showed tremendous grit and confidence against Australia to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy in January.



Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scored a brilliant century against England in the second test in front of his home crowd in Chennai and also picked his 400th wickets in Test cricket in the penultimate test match. He was also rewarded as the Man of the Match in the second test game against England.



?Scoring a total of 176 runs across these games with taking a total of 24 wickets, Ashwin is the deserving candidate to be nominated in the men?s category for February,? the ICC release stated.



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England test skipper Joe Root again found his way to the awards nominee list. Root in the test series against India amassed brilliant 333 runs with the bat which also involves one sizzling test double ton. Performing with the ball, Root picked six wickets which include a five-for.



The West Indies test debutant, Kyle Mayers scored a match-winning knock of 210 runs against Bangladesh and chased down 395 total with ease in Chittagong.?



While in the Women?s list, English cricketer Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver alongside Brooke Halliday from New Zealand are nominated for the ICC Player of the Month Award.



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ICC Player of the Month (February) Ashwin, Root and Kyle Mayers nominated

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ICC Player of the Month: Bhuvneshwar Kumar bags the ICC Player of the Month Award.



ICC Player of the Month: Indian speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Tuesday was announced as the winner of the ICC Player of the Month for his splendid performance in the white ball leg against England in the month of March.



Ace tweaker Rashid Khan and Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams were also nominated for the award in the Men?s category.



The International Cricket Council (ICC) started this initiative in January 2021 to appreciate the efforts put by the players every month. This is the third award and Indian players have bagged all of them. Earlier the award was won by Rishabh Pant and Ravichandran Ashwin.



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The pacer scalped six wickets in the three ODIs at an economy of 4.65 and took four wickets in the five T20Is against England.&nbsp;



Bhuvneshwar Kumar thanked everyone who supported him through all his lean patch and injury days.



?After what seemed like a really long and painful gap, I was delighted to be playing for India again. I used the time away to work on my fitness and skill and I am happy to be back taking wickets for my country,? Bhuvneshwar said in an ICC release.



?I would like to thank each and every person who helped me in this journey starting from my family and friends and my teammates. Also, a special thank you to the ICC voting academy and all the fans who voted for me and made me the ICC Men?s Player of the Month for March.?



In Women?s Cricket, South African Lizelle Lee won the Monthly award leaving behind the likes of Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Punam Raut.



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Lizelle Lee in the limited-overs series against Indian women?s performed brilliantly. In the Four ODIs, she smacked a ton and two half-centuries. With her sublime performance, she moved up to number 1 in the ODI?s ranking for batters.



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ICC Player of the Month: Bhuvneshwar Kumar bags the ICC Player of the Month Award

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ICC Player of the Month: Kiwi Devon Conway won Player of the Month award for June, Sophie Ecclestone.



ICC Player of the Month: New Zealand batsman Devon Conway along with English women spinner Sophie Ecclestone, have been voted out for the Player of the Month award in their respective categories for their exploits in June.



Conway, who announced his arrival in Test cricket in some way, smashed a double ton on his debut game against England at Lord?s and continued his astounding form to score a much-needed half-century in the final of the ICC World Test Championship against India to win the maiden test title.



The cricketer is also the first kiwi to win the ICC Player of the Month award.



The 30-years old cricketer piped out the likes of Kyle Jamieson and Quinton de Kock, who were also nominated for the award in the men?s category.



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?I?m truly honoured to win this award. That I have received it for my performances in Test cricket makes it extra special. Scoring a double century at Lord?s was a dream come true for me and to have also been able to contribute to our win over India in the ICC World Test Championship Final is something that I know I will proudly look back on in years to come,? Devon Conway said after winning the award.



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<h2>Sophie Ecclestone won ICC Player of the Month (Women):</h2>



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In the women?s category, English spinner Sophie Ecclestone has bagged the award for the month of June.



Picking up 14 games in just three matches (one one-off test match and two ODIs), Ecclestone went past India?s Shefali Verma and Sneh Rana.



?It?s really nice to win this award. It?s after a period in which we?ve played all three formats so it feels good to be recognised for my performances in the Test and the white-ball series,? Sophie Ecclestone said.



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The cricketer further said that ? the team is happy with the way we came out and executed the plans. Obviously, we would have liked to win the one-off test match but it ended in a draw. This is good preparation for the following ICC World Cup which is scheduled in New Zealand.?



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ICC Player of the Month: Kiwi Devon Conway won Player of the Month award for June, Sophie Ecclestone

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Australian David Warner bags ICC Player of the Month award for November, WI?s Hayley Matthews secured women?s award.



ICC Player of the Month for November: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday adjudged explosive Australian opener David Warner and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews as the respective Men and Women?s Player of the Month award winner for the month of November.



Warner?s stellar efforts during the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 were noted down as he helped Australia bag its maiden T20 World Cup title in Dubai. Warner?s valiant efforts assisted him to pip the likes of New Zealand pacer Tim Southee and Pakistani opener Abid Ali.



The Aussie opener was also named as the Player of the Tournament in the T20 World Cup. He smacked three half-centuries including the one against New Zealand in the final. David amassed a total of 289 runs in seven World cup matches at a strike rate of 146.70.&nbsp;



The southpaw mustered 53 runs off 38 deliveries in the final against New Zealand as Australia crossed the total of 173 runs with one over to spare.



Russel Arnold, who is one of the jury members said that David Warner returned to his absolute best during the all-important showpiece event.



"David was back to his scintillating best during the T20 WC and his aggression at the top of the order was outstanding," Arnold was quoted as saying in the ICC statement.



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?His 209 runs at a strike rate of 151 in four innings simply tells the story. There was no recovering from the early onslaught by Warner and his stroke play was pleasing to the eye,? Arnold added.



<h2>Hayley Matthews won Women's POTM:</h2>



Meanwhile, Hayley Matthews outplayed?Pakistan?s left-arm spinners Anam Amin and Nahida Akter of Bangladesh and won the Player of the Month award in the women's category.



She amassed 141 runs in four One Day matches against Pakistan in Karachi. She also scalped nine wickets in the series, registering her overall best of 4/26 in the series.



?Hayley was the star of the tournament, performing with both bat and ball. Her all-round performance was one of the reasons the West Indies won against Pakistan, and she deserves to be the women?s Player of the Month,? said Irfan Pathan who was also part of the jury.



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Australian David Warner bags ICC Player of the Month award for November, WI?s Hayley Matthews secured women?s award

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ICC Player of the Month nominee announced for December 2021: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday announced the three nominees for the ICC Player of the Month award for December 2021. The list includes young Indian batsman Mayank Agarwal for his brilliant exploits in the month of December.



Besides Mayank Agarwal, ICC also nominated New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel and Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc for the monthly award.



Agarwal featured in two test matches in the month of December 2021 and scored 276 runs. The cricketer scored two half-centuries and also smacked a century. Agarwal was also adjudged as the ?Player of the Match? in the second test match against New Zealand held in Mumbai?s Wankhede Stadium.



Moreover, in the ongoing test series against South Africa, Mayank Agarwal has scored 113 runs in two matches at a good average of 28.25.



Ajaz Patel:



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New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel has been a special mention in the ICC Player of the Month award. Patel breached a rare feat of picking up all ten wickets in a Test inning.



He achieved that against India in the Mumbai test. He picked a 10-wickets haul in the first innings while four wickets in the second innings to inscribe his name in the history books.



Patel scalped a massive 17 wickets in the two test matches series against India, last year.



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Mitchell Starc:



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Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has been thoroughly unbelievable in the ongoing Ashes 2021-22. The left-arm speedster has single-handedly demolished England?s batting unit multiple times.



Starc has uprooted as many as 14 test wickets in the ongoing Ashes against England and played a vital role in retaining the all-important Ashes 2021-22 by defeating the visitors in the opening three encounters.



Despite missing two key pacers in Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, Australia convincingly conquered England in the series by 3-0.



ICC Player of the Month award nominee for December 2021:



Mayank Agarwal (India), Ajaz Patel (New Zealand), Mitchell Starc (Australia).



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ICC Player of the Month nominee announced for December 2021, Mayank Agarwal named

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Virat Kohli bags ICC Players of the Month Award for October: Indian star batter Virat Kohli has bagged his maiden ICC Player of the Month Award for his stellar performance in the month of October, the ICC confirmed on Monday. Kohli unleashed his beast mode as he accumulated 205 runs (in October) for his team in the ICC Men?s T20 World Cup 2022.?



Meanwhile, Pakistan?s all-rounder Nida Dar was awarded the same honour in the women?s category. Dar surpassed Indian batters, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma to get the monthly award.?During the recently held Women?s Asia Cup, Nida Dar was in sensational touch. She scored 145 runs for Pakistan in the tournament and helped her side to enter the semi-finals.



Kohli has been on a roll in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2022. He played perhaps his career-best T20I innings against Pakistan in the opening match and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The maestro batter scored an unbeaten 82 runs knock and won the player of the match award for his scintillating performance.



The former Indian skipper continued his purple patch and produced two more half-centuries against Netherlands and Bangladesh in the next three matches.?



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Notably, this was Virat?s first appearance in the ICC Player of the Month nomination since the inception of the honour earlier this year and he exactly knew how to make it count. The Indian talisman blotted out South Africa's David Miller and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza, who were the other two nominees for the accolade.



It?s important to note that the winners of the ICC Player of the Month nominations are declared after a global vote calculation amongst ICC Hall of Famers, media representatives, former international players and registered fans.



It is a great honour for me to have been voted the ICC Men?s Player of the Month for October,? said Virat Kohli. Being chosen as the standout player by fans across the globe as well as the panel makes this accolade even more special for me,? he added.



?I want to pay tribute to the other nominees who performed so well during the month and also to my teammates, who continue to support me to perform to the best of my ability.?



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Virat Kohli bags ICC Players of the Month Award for October

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ICC Player of the Month Nominee for November: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (December 06) announced November?s Player of the Month Award Nominees. The list of three top performers in the month of November includes England?s two World Cup-winning players and a player from Pakistan in the Men?s category.



English skipper Jos Buttler has been named alongside Adil Rashid, who were brilliant with their performance and helped England surge to the T20 World Cup glory. While Buttler remained England?s best batter throughout the tournament, Adil Rashid unleashed his spin web toward the end of the tournament.



Jos Buttler mustered 225 runs in 6 innings which included an unbeaten 80-run knock in the semi-final against India. Moreover, he displayed his full range of shots during the World Cup and spearheaded his side to the coveted glory.



On the other side, Adil Rashid spun his web and controlled the game during the mid-phase in the knockout games. Against team India in the second semi-final, Rashid scalped a wicket by giving away just 20 runs in his quota of 4 overs. While in the final, he went a step further to dismantle two Pakistani batters by conceding mere 22 runs. As per the experts, Rashid?s performance in the ICC knockouts gave England a major boost to fetch World Cup glory.



The third nomination for the ICC Player of the Month award is Pakistan?s Shaheen Shah Afridi. The speedster turned the matches upside down with his threatening spells. Despite getting injured mid-way in the final, Afridi played a major role in containing England and keeping Pakistan in the contest in the World Cup final. In the month of November, Shaheen Shah Afridi scalped 10 wickets at a superb economy of 7.30.&nbsp;



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<h2>ICC Player of the Month (Women) Nominee:</h2>



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Meanwhile, in the Women?s category, three opening batters from Pakistan, Thailand and Ireland have been nominated for the honour by the ICC.&nbsp;



Pakistan?s Sidra Ameen has been named in the list following her magnificent performance against Ireland in home ODIs. Ireland?s Gaby Lewis exploited the batting conditions on offer during the T20I series against Pakistan which immediately followed the ODIs. Lewis helped her side take the T20I series against Pakistan.&nbsp;



While Thailand?s Natthakan Chantam enjoyed her outings against the Netherlands as she mustered multiple big scores in the ODI series win in the month of November.



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ICC Player of the Month Nominee for November announced, England superstars Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid named

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<a href="https://www.icc-cricket.com" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.icc-cricket.com">International Cricket Council </a>(ICC) has nominated three players for the Men's Player of the Month award. The governing body has nominated two in-form batters and one spinner for their stellar performances in the month of April. Out of three players, one is Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman whereas the other two are New Zealand's Mark Chapman and Sri Lanka's Prabhath Jayasuriya.?Let's take a look at performances of the nominees of the Player of the Month award. 



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Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman was the standout performer in the month of April. The Southpaw played some fantastic knocks and helped his side win the games. The opening batter has looked a class apart in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand. He scored two staggering centuries in the first game of the series and helped his side win. In the first game, he piled up 117 runs in 114 balls and then followed it up with a gigantic unbeaten knock of 180 runs that helped Pakistan chase a target of 337 runs. Apart from this, he scored 47 runs in the first T20I. His two centuries made him get nominated for the Player of the Month award.?



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Sri Lanka spinner Prabhath Jayasuriya was another standout performer in the month of April as he showed his class with the ball in the Test Series against Ireland. He broke a 71-year-old record as he became the fastest spinner to take 50 wickets in Test cricket. Not only this he became the overall second-fastest bowler to achieve the feat in the history of the longest format of the game. He picked 17 wickets in the two-match series against Ireland and also picked his career-best figures of 7/52 this month, which saw him getting nominated for the Player of the Month award.?



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mark Chapman?</h2>



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New Zealand's Mark Chapman is the last nominee for the ICC Player of the Month award. He has found himself in the list because of his sensational performances in the T20I series against New Zealand. The Southpaw was awarded Player of the Series for his sensational show with the bat and ended up as the leading-run getter in the series. The middle-Order batter scored 290 runs in the five innings and helped his side draw the series. He registered scores of 34, 65*, 16*, 71* and a scintillating 104* in the final game that helped his side chase a mammoth target.?



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ICC nominates players for the Men's Player of the Month Award?

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The 5th &amp; Final Test-Match in Sydney between Fierce-Rivals Australia and India ended today and the home team secured an easy six-wicket win and this win allowed them to secure the series by 3-1.This win of the Aussies has also made some significant changes in the overall standings of the 2023-25 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. 
Talking about the contest, the Jasprit Bumrah-led team were at 124-4 in their 2nd inning and they were looking set to set a big target for the Pat Cummins-led team. However, the Australian bowlers were in deadly mood as their perfect bowling display led to Team India suffering a batting collapse and they lost wickets in quick succession and eventually got bundled out for a mere score of 157 runs. 
Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant fought the lone warrior's battle as he played an impressive inning of 61 runs in just 33 deliveries but he didn't get any kind of support from his fellow batters at the other end and the Kangaroos took full advantage of this and eventually the game turned in the favour of the Defending Champions. 
For the Australian team, Scott Boland took 6 wickets while giving away 45 runs while skipper Pat Cummins also played a good hand with figures of 3-44 next to his name. 
The Aussies were given a target of 162 runs to win the Sydney Test-Match but they lost wickets unnecessarily as Sam Konstas (22 runs in 17 deliveries), Marnus Labuschagne (6 runs in 20 deliveries), and Steve Smith (4 runs in 9 balls) went back to the pavilion cheaply, leaving the Australian team suddenly in a dire position of 58/3.
Next, opening batter Usman Khawaja played a good knock of 41 runs in 45 deliveries which allowed his team to initiate a comeback in the contest. If Bumrah wouldn't have got injured, then Khawaja wouldn't even get the chance to go past the 10 runs mark. 
Without the availability of Bumrah, the Aussie batters started to play their shots freely and theu began creating a lot of pressure on the Indian bowling unit. While Prasidh Krishna did his best to help his team stay alive in the contest, he began to falter and this worked in the favour of the Australians. 
As a result, the duo of Beau Webster &amp; Travis Head got involved in a strong partnership for thethe fifth wicket and added 58 runs in just 53 balls and this turned out to be winning factor. They helped their team reach a score of 162-4 and the Kangaroos won the encounter by a margin of six wickets.
<h2>WTC Final Chance:</h2>
Pat Cummins-led Aussies have successfully qualified for the 2023-25 World Test Championship (WTC) Final after securing the BGT series 3-1. Temba Bavuma-led South Africa have already secured their tickets for the Final after defeating Pakistan in the first Test-Match. 
Keeping the statistics in mind, Team India have failed to qualify for the WTC Final for the first time since 2021. They are ranked third in the overall Standings with a PCT of 50. South Africa are the table toppers with a PCT of 66.67 while the Kangaroos are ranked 2nd with 63.73 PCT next to their name. They are followed by the likes of New Zealand (48.21) and Sri Lanka (45.45) respectively.
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Indian Captain Rohit Sharma couldn't really have a say in the way things panned out in the Sydney Test-Match| Image: Getty Images

Can Team India still qualify for the WTC Final after suffering an embarrassing defeat in the Sydney Test-Match Or have they been eliminated completely?

Team India lost the Sydney Test Match, do they have any chances of qualifying for the WTC Final? Explained!

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Day 3 of the fifth and final test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground ended India's one-and-a-half-month-long tour of Australia. With that, Australia also ended their long wait to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and won it with a margin of 3-1.
Apart from the first test, Australia dominated India throughout the series, including the third day at SCG. As a result, the Australian crowd was also animated and tried to put pressure on Team India. But Virat Kohli, who is known for his passionate persona, came up with his own way to answer.
<h2>IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli mocks Australian crowd with "Sandpapar" gesture on Day 3</h2>
The Australian crowd has a history of involvement with visiting teams time and time again, and this BGT 2024-25 was not new. There were many instances during the series when they targeted Indian players. Especially when it comes to Virat Kohli, the Australian crowd often welcomes him or reacts to his actions with boos. But Virat has always been the approach of giving it back.
Something similar happened on Sunday as well. Notably, Virat was the stand-in captain in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. Responding to Australian crowds, Virat gestures with his "empty pocket." This incident happened just when Steve Smith got out on Day 3. Smith was part of the infamous "Sandpapergate" incident during a Cape Town test against South Africa in 2018.
Australia used sandpaper in order to tamper with the cricket ball to get more reverse swing from the ball. Unfortunately for them, it was caught on camera, and players involved in it, Smith, along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, faced bans. As a result, Virat was seen doing the "sandpapar" gesture after Smith's wickets to provoke the Australian fans.
As soon as it happened, the video of the incident went viral, and everyone was talking about it on social media. Speaking of the game, India started Day 3 at 142/6 and were bowled out for 157 runs, setting a target of 161 to win. Australia reached the target with six wickets in hand and registered the 3-1 series win. It was their first BGT win since 2014-15. With this, they also qualified for the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25.
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Virat Kohli was the Stand-in captain for Team India in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah.

Watch: Virat Kohli teases the over-aggressive Australian crowd with "Sandpapar" gesture on Day 3

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The Australian Cricket Team, under the leadership of Pat Cummins successfully defeated Team India in the Sydney Test-Match by a margin of six wickets and this wicket helped them to seal the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series by 3-1.
While the Aussie players are going to be really happy with this series win, the Indians on the other hand, are facing a lot of criticism following the series defeat especially the Indian batters. Senior players like Virat Kohli are the main targets of the critics. 
In the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Kohli got dismissed on the outside off-stump line eight times and versus the Aussie bowlers, the former Indian skipper looked helpless &amp; cluseless versus the them. Now, AB De Villiers, the South African legend has made a huge revelation regarding how the former Indian and RCB skipper can tackle the outside off-stump deliveries.
<h2>'Every Batsman in the world struggles with some weakness'</h2>
AB De Villiers said, "He (Virat) can definitely find a solution to the the outside off-stump deliveries. Every batsman out there has a weakness and if I talk about myself, then the deliveries which used to come towards the pads in a straight line used to trouble me a lot. But I learnt from it and scored a lot of runs in the remainder of my career. 
I still remember the Test-Series versus England (ENG). The series kicked off on a positive note and I scored good amount of runs in the Durban Test-Match and everything was going smoothly. But, then the duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson started dismissing me on a successive note and especially, with the new ball, I got out constantly".
<h2>What's the solution to the problem of Virat Kohli? </h2>
AB de Villiers believes that old balls keep running in the mind of the 36-year-old, which automatically affects the next forthcoming delivery. What happened before on the previous ball doesn't matter... He (Virat) should play every ball like a new and fresh one, he should just forget thinking about the previous deliveries. If finds success in doing this properly, then he can play the outside off-stump deliveries in a much better way.
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Scott Boland got the better of Virat Kohli for the fourth time in the BGT 2024-25 series | Image: Getty Images

Virat Kohli has struggled a lot with the outside off-stump deliveries in the ongoing BGT Series

Will Virat Kohli stop getting dismissed on the outside off stump line now? AB De Villiers gives a solution

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India batter Virat Kohli has been at the receiving end of heavy criticism after his failures in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The batter looked torrid with the bat in the majority of the series and there have been calls related to his retirement as well. 
Virat Kohli, who hit a century in the first Test, looked absolutely torrid with the bat in the rest of the games of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The premier batter was troubled by the balls outside off stump as it brought his downfall in almost every match of the five-match Test series. 
When Virat Kohli hit a century in Perth, it was expected that he would have a breakthrough series and would be setting the stage on fire. But that wasn't the case, as, after the ton in the opening match, he failed in the entire series and ended up getting just around 90 runs in the rest of the games. 
Since 2020, Virat Kohli has looked extremely torrid with the bat and has been averaging just in the 20s. This has seen him getting a lot of criticism for his poor outings. Many fans and experts have lashed out at him for his poor performances and hence they want him to make way for youngster. 
One of the heavy criticism came from Irfan Pathan, who pointed out the batter's poor average, saying that Virat Kohli averaged just 15 in the first innings of the Test. He said that the players with these low averages don't deserve a place in the Indian Team. 
<h2>He has made a lot of runs, but in 2024, batting in the first innings where you set up the match, Kohli averages just 15 - Irfan Pathan</h2>
Irfan Pathan added that it's time for Virat Kohli to make way for youngsters and that even young players will maintain a batting average of 25-30. Speaking to Star Sports, he explained: 
"He has made a lot of runs, but in 2024, batting in the first innings where you set up the match, Kohli averages just 15. If we take out his stats for the last five years, he barely averages 30. Does the Indian team deserve that from its senior player? It's better to give a youngster a long run, tell him to get ready; even that guy will maintain a batting average of 25-30." 
India's next Test series will be against England. It remains to be seen if he will be part of the series or not.
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India batter Virat Kohli has been at the receiving end of heavy criticism after his failures in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

"Youngster will maintain a batting average of 25-30"- Virat Kohli asked to leave Team India

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Day 3 of the fifth Test between India and Australia at SCG brought the end to a long one and a half months of your. Australia's one-decade-long wait to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has finally ended as they have beaten India in the final test by six wickets to clinch the BGT trophy 3-1. With this, they also qualified for the World Test Championship final.
On the other hand, India have been humiliated on Australian soil and also lost the chance to play the WTC final. The last couple of months have been horrible for Team India as they have lost a home test series against New Zealand, and now they have also lost the all-important BGT trophy. But there were few positives as well. Here we will talk about three positives for India from the BGT series defeat.
<h2>Three Positives for India to take forward after 1-3 Border-Gavaskar Trophy defeat</h2>
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - The Trusted Opener
It was a tough series for all the batters because bowlers dominated these conditions throughout. But there were some good batting performances as well. Yashasvi Jaiswal was India's best batter in this series. It was his first time in Australia, and he showed that he has it all to perform in tough conditions.
Jaiswal finished with the second-most runs after Travis Head and scored 391 runs at an average of 43.44 with one hundred and two half-centuries. He has been in good form, and India can look to cash in on his form in the coming Champions Trophy 2025.
2. Evolution of Nitish Kumar Reddy 
Another man who impressed everyone was young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. Though his five wickets at an average of 38 don't do justice for him, it was his first tour, too, his debut series. He showed great maturity with his bat and scored 298 runs at an average of 37.25.
Nitish played some good innings under pressure. India can groom him to become a match-winning all-rounder, and in white-ball cricket, he can be very handy. Certainly, he has given selectors an option for the Champions Trophy 2025, along with Hardik Pandya.
3. Identification of Problem 
India's poor batting form became the reason of consecutive test series defeat. Especially, the form of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill became the taking points.
But in some ways it is good sign that the problems have been identify and now the management can work with these guys to regain their form. Because these are part of India's core batting unit for the Champions Trophy 2025.
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Australia won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 after winning the final test at SCG by six wickets.