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Shreyas Iyer became Player of the Month: Won the award for the second time

Updated - 15-APR-2025 10:10 IST

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Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has received the ICC Player of the Month award. He won this award by leaving behind New Zealand's Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra. At the same time, Shreyas has won this award for the second time. Earlier in 2022, he won it in February.

India has won this award for the second consecutive time. Earlier in February, Shubman Gill was chosen as the Player of the Month. Shreyas played an important role in India's Champions Trophy win.

Played 3 ODIs in March

Shreyas played a total of 3 ODIs in the month of March and scored 172 runs at an average of 57.33. During this, he scored 79 runs against New Zealand in a match of Group A of the Champions Trophy, 45 runs against Australia in the semi-finals and 48 runs against New Zealand in the final to make India the champion.

Was the top scorer of the team in the Champions Trophy

While batting brilliantly, he was India's top scorer in the Champions Trophy. In the tournament played in February-March, he scored 243 runs in 5 matches. This includes half-centuries of 56 against Pakistan and 79 against New Zealand.

India won the final by 4 wickets

Shreyas added 61 runs for the fourth wicket with Akshar Patel in the Champions Trophy final. He played an innings of 48 runs. India won this match by 4 wickets. Rohit Sharma played an innings of 76 runs in the final match and was selected Player of the Match.