Shaheen Afridi nominated for ICC’s 'Player of the Month'

• The nomination comes on the back of Shaheen Afridi’s phenomenal performance during the Test series against West Indies.
• ICC also nominates India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Joe Root from England.
• Shaheen Shah Afridi attained a career-best ICC Test ranking after his strong performance in the series against West Indies.

Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month keeping in view his phenomenal performance during the Test series against West Indies in Jamaica.

The ICC started recognising the best international performances across formats for male and female players through the ICC Player of the Months awards, instituted in January this year.

The nominees for the monthly men’s awards this time are, Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Joe Root from England while Thailand’s Nattaya Boochatham, Gaby Lewis and Eimer Richardson from Ireland feature in the women’s shortlist.

Shaheen Afridi takes most test wickets in 2021

The left-arm pacer became the fast bowler with the most wickets in the Test format in 2021 so far — after his 18-wicket haul during the Test series against West Indies in Jamaica.

He had also attained a career-best ICC Test ranking after his strong performance in the series against West Indies.

Shaheen helped trigger the West Indies batting collapse in both innings during the second Test match, grabbing 10 wickets in the process.

The left-arm pacer has managed to gain 10 slots to reach no 8 on the MRF ICC Test bowler's rankings. Before the Test began, Shaheen was on number 18 in the bowler's rankings.