ICC Men's Player of the month nominees

The nominees for the "ICC Player of the Month" of February for men's and women's international cricket have been announced yesterday. The "ICC Player of the Month" nominations in the men's category feature three players in total. However, the nominees consist of a UAE batter Vriitya Aravind, India batter Shreyas Iyer, and Nepal's Dipendra Sing Airee.

The fans around the world can now vote to decide the winners, which will be announced next week.

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ICC Men's Player Of The Month nominees for February:

Vriitya Aravind | UAE

The youngster from UAE, Vriitya Aravind played a crucial role in UAE's qualification to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. The qualification round was held in Oman last month. Aravind smashed 267 runs at an average of 89 in the five matches that he played in February. Moreover, he has also maintained a strike rate of 153.33 in those games.

In the opening game, he hammered 97* runs in 67 deliveries against Oman. Meanwhile, after then he carried his form and scored 40, 84*, 46 in the next three games. Although in the fifth game he hasn't performed well. But, already he did enough to win the Player of the Tournament award in the qualification round.

Shreyas Iyer | INDIA

Indian middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer was in top form against Sri Lanka last month to help India to continue their domination in white-ball cricket. He started the February month with a match-winning 80 runs against SL and also grabbed the Player Of The Match award in the final ODI.

Meanwhile, Iyer was promoted to number 3 in the T20I series against the Lankans. Since then, Iyer scored three unbeaten half-centuries in three back-to-back games. He finished on 204 runs with a strike rate of 174.35 and was also awarded as the Player of the Series for his exceptional performance.

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Dipendra Singh Airee | NEPAL

Dipendra Singh Airee of Nepal played a crucial role in Nepal's third-place finish in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier in Oman last month. Meanwhile, he was performed with both bat and ball. He finished with 159 runs and 6 wickets in the qualification round. Before the start of the qualification round, he was also played brilliantly against Oman, UAE, and Ireland. He collected 142 runs in three games and also grabbed a four-for in the final game against Ireland.