The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the nominees for the 'Player of the Month' (men's and women's) awards for the month of October. In the men's category, South Africa's Marco Jansen, Pakistan's Arafat Minhas, and West Indies' Shai Hope have been nominated. Meanwhile, in the women's category, India's experienced all-rounder Deepti Sharma, Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary, and Australia's Annabel Sutherland are in the running for the award. All these players delivered outstanding performances with both bat and ball during the month of October.
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ICC Men Player of the Month October 2026 nominees list
Marco Jansen (South Africa)
In the three-match ICC World Test Championship series against Australia which South Africa won 2-1 Marco Jansen made significant contributions with both bat and ball. In the second Test, he scored 85 runs and took six wickets, playing a pivotal role in his team's victory by an innings and 31 runs. He also delivered an outstanding performance in the decisive third Test, scoring a half-century and claiming three wickets. This display propelled him to the top spot in the ICC Test all-rounder rankings.
Arafat Minhas (Pakistan)
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This Pakistani all-rounder delivered an exceptional performance in a domestic ODI triangular series, accumulating 149 runs and taking nine wickets across five matches. Against England, he played a crucial innings of 59 runs and followed it up by taking six wickets for 40 runs the second-best bowling performance by a Pakistani bowler in an ODI on home soil. In the final against Sri Lanka, he scored an unbeaten 61 off just 31 balls, helping Pakistan successfully chase down a target of 326. He was named Player of the Series.
Shai Hope (West Indies)
Shai Hope batted brilliantly during the ODI and T20 series against India. In the third ODI, he scored an unbeaten 162, guiding the West Indies to a successful chase of 352 the team's highest-ever successful run chase in ODIs. Subsequently, he struck two centuries in the five-match T20 series, including an unbeaten 102 off 50 balls in the fourth T20. Throughout the series, he amassed a total of 261 runs at a strike rate of 190.51.
ICC Women Player of the Month October 2026 nominees list
Deepti Sharma (India)
Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma delivered an outstanding performance during the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe in October. In the second ODI held in Vadodara, she scored the second century of her ODI career and also claimed three wickets. India won the match by 121 runs, securing the three-match series. Additionally, in the first T20 match played in Raipur, she played a brisk innings of 49 runs and took two wickets across the remaining matches of the T20 series. She had also taken two wickets in the opening match of the ODI series.
Sobhana Mostary (Bangladesh)
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Mostary made history against Australia in Brisbane. She scored 118 runs off 134 balls, including 18 boundaries. This stands as the highest individual score ever recorded by a Bangladeshi female batter in ODI cricket. Although her team could not win the match, she accumulated a total of 129 runs across the three-match series, maintaining an average of 43.
Annabel Sutherland (Australia)
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Sutherland performed exceptionally well in the ODI series against Bangladesh and the T20 series against New Zealand in October. In the first ODI against Bangladesh, she took four wickets and remained unbeaten on 25 runs. In the final match of the series, she played an unbeaten innings of 74 runs and also claimed two wickets. Across the three ODIs, she scored a total of 99 runs and took six wickets. In the two T20 matches against New Zealand, she scored 19 runs and took one wicket.
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