The Indian trio of Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Axar Patel was on October 5 nominated for ICC 'Player of the Month' award in the women and men's categories for September.
Skipper Kaur and vice-captain Mandhana have been shortlisted for the very first time and if one of them goes on to win will then become the first-ever Indian player to win the Women's Player of the Month award, thanks to stellar performances in both ODI and T20I series in England.
Axar, on the other hand, has been nominated for the men's Player of the Month following a series of impressive and restrictive bowling displays against Australia and South Africa.
