The nominees list for the men’s and women’s ICC Player of the Month awards for September 2025 has been released. Today, we will discuss and speculate upon who will win these awards.
The three-man list of nominated players for the men’s POTM award is India’s Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav, and Zimbabwe’s Brian Bennett.
Meanwhile, the women’s nominees list includes India’s Smriti Mandhana, Pakistan’s Sidra Amin, and South Africa’s Tazmin Brits.
Who Will Win ICC Player of the Month September Award?
Who Will Be Men’s Player Of The Month?
But who are the favourites to win these awards? Let’s check out the men’s nominations. First up, Brian Bennett. The Zimbabwean opening batter had a very productive September. First came a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, where he scored 113 runs in three matches, including a fantastic 81 in the first game.
Then, in a three-T20I series against Namibia, Bennett scored a 95 and a 40, being named the Player of the Series. Then, finally, in the three matches of the 2026 T20 World Cup qualifiers, all of which Zimbabwe won, Brian scored 72, 65, and 11 against Uganda, Botswana, and Tanzania, respectively.
Second on the list is Abhishek Sharma, who was India’s best player in the ACC Asia Cup 2025. The swashbuckling opener played seven matches in the competition, scoring six 30+ scores and three 50s. His 314 runs in seven games at a strike rate of 200 saw Sharma become the Player of the Tournament of the Asia Cup.
The last, but certainly not the least, player in the ICC Player of the Month men’s nominees list is Kuldeep Yadav, who too had an excellent Asia Cup 2025. The left-arm wrist-spinner took 17 wickets in seven games at an awesome average of 9.29. Kuldeep saved his best performance for the final, where he bowled a brilliant spell of 4/30 against Pakistan.
So, who will win the Men’s Player of the Month award for September 2025? While Brian Bennett had the most productive month, and Kuldeep was by far the best-performing bowler in the Asia Cup, Abhishek Yadav is by far the favourite to win this award. This is because he had what is being considered by many the best campaign for a batter in a T20 Asia Cup competition.
Who Will Be Women’s Player Of The Month?
Now, let’s shift our attention to the women’s award, and the competition is much tighter here. The first nominee here is star Indian batter Smriti Mandhana. Smriti had an excellent month of September, in which she played four official matches. First was a three-match ODI series against Australia. In the first match, she scored 58 runs, while in the second, she scored a ton and led the Indian Women’s Cricket Team to a 102-run lead.
In the last match of the series, Smriti scored the second-fastest century in Women’s ODIs, doing so in just 50 deliveries. Despite that, India failed to chase a mammoth target of 413. Then, finally, in the first match of the Women’s World Cup 2025, she had her only underwhelming match of the month, scoring just eight runs. This means that in four matches in September, Smriti Mandhana scored 308 runs and made two centuries and a half-century.
The next two batters are quite connected in their nomination. Pakistan’s Sidra Ameen and South Africa’s Tazmin Brits played only three and two matches this month, respectively, all of which were against each other’s teams. First, let’s discuss Ameen, who, in the three ODIs against the Proteas, scored 293 runs. In the first ODI, she made 121* in 150 balls in a losing effort, and then, in the second match, she made 122 off 110 in another loss.
Finally, in her third and final match of the series, Sidra scored 50* in a small chase to take her team to their only win in the series.
Meanwhile, in the same series, Tazmin Brits played only two games but scored a whopping 272 runs. In the first match of the series, she scored an unbeaten 101 and took her team to victory. Then, in the second match, the Brits’ massive 171* took South Africa to a match and series win. And so, despite missing the third match, Tazmin was named the Player of the Series.
So, who will be named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for September 2025? First, as harsh as it is for not winning any Player of the Match awards this month, Sidra Ameen is the least favourite to win this award, despite averaging over 100 this month.
This means it comes down to Smriti Mandhana and Tazmin Brits. And practically, it’s a toss-up between the two. Both of them won the Player of the Match award once and were named the Player of the Series. And while Brits had a more impressive month statistically, Smriti too scored 300 runs in three matches, and that too against a powerhouse like Australia. So naturally, either of the two can win this award.
FAQs –
Q) Who was the Men’s ICC Player of the Month for August 2025?
A) The award last month went to the Indian Cricket Team bowler Mohammad Siraj. In August, Siraj played only one Test match, the final game of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. In that match, he took nine wickets at an average of 21.11.
Q) How Many Indians Have Won The ICC Player Of The Month Award?
A) Since the inception of this award in January 2021, 12 different Indians have won the Player of the Month award on 17 occasions in the Men’s and Women’s categories. While Indian women have won the award thrice, men have won it 14 times.
Q) Which Indian player has won the most ICC Player of the Month awards?
A) The Indian with the most ICC Player of the Month awards is Shubman Gill, who has won the award on four occasions, the last time of which was in July 2025, a month in which he scored 567 runs in three tests at an average of 94.50.
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