New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India Check captain Shubman Gill has landed the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month for July 2025 following his heroics towards England in an exciting Check sequence, after dealing with stiff competitors from England Check skipper Ben Stokes and South African all-rounder Wiaan Mulder, as per the official web site of ICC.
The 25-year-old loved a outstanding month in July, piling up 567 runs at an impressive common of 94.50 throughout three Assessments, smashing a double hundred and two a whole lot in six outings.
It was Gill’s first tour as India’s Check captain and the 25-year-old stated it was a pleasant honour to be recognised.
‘It feels nice to be named the ICC Participant of the Month for July,’ Gill stated.
‘This time it holds much more significance because it has come for my performances throughout my first Check sequence as captain.
‘The double ton in Birmingham is clearly one thing I’ll cherish ceaselessly and will likely be one of many highlights of my tour to England.
‘The Check sequence towards England was a studying expertise for me as captain and we had some excellent performances from either side, which I’m certain gamers from either side will keep in mind for a very long time.
‘I want to thank the jury for choosing me for this award and my teammates who’ve been with me through the course of this thrilling sequence. I sit up for persevering with my type within the season forward and bringing extra laurels for the nation.’
That is Gill’s fourth Participant of the Month honour from the ICC, having received beforehand in February this 12 months, and in January and September 2023.
Gill is the primary males’s participant to have received the month-to-month award on 4 events, with Australia’s Ash Gardner and West Indies captain Hayley Matthews the one feminine gamers to have performed so.
The fitting-hand batter was the standout performer in India’s historic victory at Edgbaston, smashing a colossal 269 within the first innings after strolling in at 95/2, and went on so as to add one other 161 within the second innings to arrange a mammoth 336-run win.
His mixed 430 runs within the match ranks because the second-highest combination in Check historical past, behind solely Graham Gooch’s 456.
He turned the primary Indian captain to attain a Check double century on English soil, additionally registering solely the second Check double hundred by an Indian skipper outdoors India, after Virat Kohli’s effort towards the West Indies in 2016.
He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s 221 from 1979 to assert the report for the best Check rating by an Indian batter in England.
Gill overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s 21-year-old mark of 241 to set the report for the best abroad rating by an Indian batter outdoors India and different Asian nations.
Regardless of recording simply 16 and 6 within the Lord’s Check, Gill picked up on his wealthy vein of type at Outdated Trafford, the place his composed second-innings of 103 secured a significant draw, paving the way in which for India’s eventual 2-2 sequence consequence.
Gill’s second-innings effort at Outdated Trafford got here on the again of India discovering themselves in a precarious place, having misplaced two wickets within the very first over for no rating, in pursuit of 311 to keep away from an innings defeat.
Batting at No.4, he seamlessly blended stability with aptitude, whereas additionally main the aspect with distinction in his maiden sequence as captain to presently sit in third spot on the standings within the ICC World Check Championship 2025-27 cycle.
His capability to show convincing begins into match-defining totals, particularly when early wickets fell, proved essential in sparking a number of Indian fightbacks and was very important within the sequence ultimately concluding on equal phrases.
Moreover, Gill concluded the five-Check sequence with 754 runs throughout 10 outings at an exceptional common of 75.40 that additionally landed him the Participant of the Sequence award. His marathon 754 within the sequence was the second highest ever in a WTC event. (ANI)
