Delhi: ICC has announced the names of the winners of the Men's and Women's Player of the Month awards for the month of October. South Africa cricket team's star all-rounder Marco Janssen won this award in the men's category, while Indian women's team's star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has been chosen the winner in the women's category. Both the players caught everyone's attention with their excellent performance in October.

Marco Jansen did wonders with both bat and ball in the Test series against Australia. At the same time, Deepti Sharma played an important role in India's victory in the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe. Deepti has won this award for the second time. Earlier, he was also awarded this honor in December 2023.

Marco Yansen's excellent performance against Australia

The month of October was quite memorable for Marco Yansen. He won the hearts of the fans with his all-round performance in the Test series against Australia. Yansen scored 198 runs in the series and took 13 wickets. His most brilliant performance was seen in the second test played in Gakebarha.

In this match, Yansen played an important inning of 85 runs in the first innings. After this he did wonders in bowling also. He took 5 wickets for 33 runs in the first innings and 1 wicket for 34 runs in the second innings. Thanks to his performance, South Africa registered a memorable victory.

Yansen won this award by defeating Pakistan's Arafat Minhas and West Indies captain Shai Hope.

Deepti Sharma won ICC award for the second time

Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma performed brilliantly with both bat and ball in the home series against Zimbabwe. He got only one chance to bat in the ODI series, in which he scored an unbeaten 106 runs. In bowling also he took 5 wickets and his economy rate was 3.42. India won this series 3-0.

After this, Deepti's good performance continued in the T20 series also. He scored 49 runs in 37 balls in his only innings. At the same time, he also took 2 wickets while bowling off spin.

For this brilliant performance, Deepti was chosen the best female player of the month of October. Deepti was successful in winning this award for the second time.