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India opener Sanju Samson and gait spearhead Jasprit Bumrah were connected Monday (April 6, 2026) named among the nominees for the ICC Player of the Month grant for March pursuing their occurrence astatine the T20 World Cup.
South Africa batter Connor Esterhuizen completes the shortlist pursuing an outstanding debut T20I bid successful New Zealand that saw 1 of the champion statistic aft 5 games by anyone from his country.
Samson's sizzling signifier towards the extremity of the T20 World Cup, which earned him the subordinate of the Tournament award, puts him successful the fray alongside Bumrah, who was adjudged the subordinate of the lucifer successful the final.
Samson did not get to play successful the aboriginal portion of the tourney but was the standout performer successful the large games and helped India clasp the title.
He struck 97 not retired against the West Indies successful what was a virtual quarter-final successful Kolkata and followed it with knocks of 89 successful the semi-final against England successful Mumbai and the last against New Zealand successful Ahmedabad.
In the aforesaid acceptable of matches, Bumrah grabbed 7 wickets astatine an mean of 12.00 and an system complaint of 7.00.
He picked up 3 wickets successful the 2 matches against the West Indies and England and past produced match-winning figures of 4 for 15 successful 4 overs against New Zealand successful the final.
Esterhuizen scored 200 runs astatine an mean of 50 and a strike-rate of 145.98, helping implicit a 3-2 triumph successful New Zealand.
Named subordinate of the series, helium reached 551 standing points successful the T20I batting rankings, the 2nd highest aft 5 matches by a South Africa player. Esterhuizen reached 39th successful the rankings, the fourth-best by immoderate South African aft 5 matches.
