Team India has lost the ODI series to England under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. The Indian team could win only one out of three matches and had to face defeat in two. After this, Gill has also expressed his displeasure with the players of his team. Meanwhile, Gill has suffered another setback. ICC nominated him for Player of the Month for June. The result was declared today, the very next day after the end of the ODI series, in which Nathan Smith of New Zealand managed to win the title by defeating Gill.
New Zealand’s Nathan Smith becomes ICC Player of the Month
ICC has announced the winner of Player of the Month for the month of June. Nathan Smith, one of New Zealand’s brilliant players, has won it. He has shown tremendous performance in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship. During this tournament, New Zealand defeated England 2-1, in which Smith played an important role in his team’s victory. Apart from Shubman Gill, Mosaddek Hussain of Bangladesh was also nominated, he was also left behind. He has expressed happiness on receiving this award.
Nathan Smith showed an amazing game
Nathan Smith took 16 wickets in the Test series played against England. He was the highest wicket taker in that series. He was also named Player of the Series during the series. He had shown an amazing game.
Gill missed even after playing well
Shubman Gill also performed well during the series against Afghanistan played in June, he managed to show a good game, but he lagged behind in the ICC awards. Gill had scored 238 runs in two innings of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. In the first match of the series, Gill scored 84 runs on 66 balls. After this, in the second match he played a brilliant inning of 154 runs in 110 balls. Gill played a tremendous inning of 126 runs in the test match. This was his 11th century in Test.
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