Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistani wicket-keeper batter, was chosen as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Player of the Month for September 2022 as a result of his recent outstanding achievements.
According to an ICC news release, Rizwan, the top T20I batter in the world, overcame competition from young Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and Indian spinner Axar Patel, who both had months to remember.
“In September, Rizwan was in outstanding form and had some blazing performances in T20Is. The No. 1 T20I batsman in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings maintained his lead in the game’s shortest format and earned a spot on the shortlist for Player of the Month for September “
“I would want to thank Almighty Allah and express my deep happiness to everybody that assisted me to accomplish this honor,” a delighted Rizwan remarked after receiving the honor. All of my teammates deserve my sincere gratitude for making things simple for me. Your confidence is boosted by these successes. I am pleased with my performance, and I want to carry it over to Australia.
He also said that the people in Pakistan who are impacted by floods and climate change are the ones to whom he would like to devote this honor.
Hopefully, this would make them happy, he said. In last ten games he played, he scored seven fifties, as per ICC reported.
He started the month off with two 70+ scores in the Asia Cup matches against India and Hong Kong. He concluded the competition with yet another fifty and was the player who scored the most runs, but Pakistan failed to cross the finish line.
Rizwan amassed four scores of 60+ in the first five T20Is of the seven-match series against England, assisting his team in taking a 3-2 lead. He nevertheless finished the series with the most runs, 316, at an average of 63.20 while going at 138.60, despite playing one fewer game.