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India opener Shafali Verma's match-winning performance with the bat successful the Women's World Cup last against South Africa past period has earned her the ICC 'Player of the Month' grant for November.
Shafali, who came successful arsenic a replacement for the injured Pratika Rawal successful the semifinal against Australia, smashed a 78-ball 87 -- the highest by an Indian opener successful a Women's World Cup last — arsenic the hosts amassed a mammoth 298 for 7 and past secured a 52-run triumph to assistance their maiden World Cup trophy successful Navi Mumbai.
Shafali shared a 104-run basal with chap opener Smriti Mandhana to acceptable the level for the large total.
The 21-year-old bushed Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong and UAE's Esha Oza for her first-ever 'Player of the Month' award.
"My archetypal ICC Women's Cricket World Cup acquisition didn't spell arsenic I expected but it ended acold amended than I could person ever wished oregon imagined," said Shafali successful an ICC release.
"I'm grateful that I could lend to the team's occurrence successful the last and that I was capable to beryllium a portion of making past successful winning the World Cup for the archetypal clip and successful beforehand of a location crowd.
"I'm genuinely honoured to beryllium named the Women's Player of the Month for November. I dedicate this grant to my teammates, coaches, household and everyone who has supported my travel until now. We triumph and suffer arsenic a team, the aforesaid goes for this award," added Shafali.
South Africa spinner Simon Harmer won the men's grant for his inspired bowling successful the Test bid against India, which the Proteas won 2-0.
Harmer bushed Bangladesh's Taijul Islam and Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz to instrumentality the POTM grant for the archetypal time.
The 36-year-old returned with a combined haul of 17 wickets from the bid arsenic South Africa clinched their maiden Test rubber triumph successful India successful 25 years.
He returned with figures of 4 for 30 and 4 for 21 successful the bid opener successful Kolkata, followed by 3 for 64 and six for 37 successful the 2nd lucifer successful Guwahati, ending the bid with his 17-wicket haul astatine an mean of 8.94 and an system of 1.91.
"Playing for my state is simply a imagination travel existent and thing other that comes from it arsenic a effect is simply a bonus. I stock this grant with my teammates, coaches and enactment unit and dedicate it to my household who let maine to spell retired and unrecorded my dream, often having to permission them astatine location to bash so," said Harmer.
