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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday unveiled the nominees for the Men’s Player of the Month for March 2025, featuring India’s Shreyas Iyer and the New Zealand duo Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy.

Ravindra earned his nomination on the back of an impactful all-round show in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

The left-handed batter notched up 151 runs at an average of 50.33 and a strike rate of 106.33, alongside picking up three wickets at a tidy economy rate of 4.66.

Ravindra’s standout moment came in the semi-final against South Africa, where he slammed a brilliant 108, his second century of the tournament, and stitched a 164-run stand with Kane Williamson, helping New Zealand post the highest-ever total in Champions Trophy history.

Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer played a vital role in India’s title-winning campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, finishing as the team’s highest run-scorer.

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The right-hander amassed 172 runs in three ODIs at an average of 57.33 and a strike rate of 77.47.

While his top score (79) came during India’s group-stage clash against New Zealand, Iyer also chipped in with key contributions in the knockout stages, scoring 45 in the semi-final against Australia and 48 in the final versus the Kiwis.

Jacob Duffy, on the other hand, found his place on the list thanks to a stellar run in the recent home white-ball series against Pakistan, which included five T20Is and three ODIs.

Duffy finished as the highest wicket-taker in the T20I leg, bagging 13 wickets at an exceptional average of 8.38 and an economy of 6.17. His consistent performances also took him to the top of the ICC Men’s T20I bowling rankings.

He also struck early in the ODI series, claiming two wickets in the first match to end the month with 15 wickets in six games.

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Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit ODI on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0.

Iyer (105) and Gill (104) put on a dominant second-wicket stand of 200 to lay the foundations for India’s 399-5 after being invited to bat in Indore.

Stand-in-skipper KL Rahul’s 52 and an unbeaten 72 by T20 sensation Suryakumar Yadav contributed to the mammoth total and the bowlers then combined to hand India an unbeatable lead in the three-match series.

The matches are a tune-up for the World Cup in India starting October 5.

Captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli will return for the final ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday and the team will have to make some tough calls in picking the starting XI.

“It (selection) is the headache of the coach and Rohit…whoever gets picked has a job to do,” said stand-in skipper Rahul.

“Sitting out can be hard after scoring a lot of runs but everyone has been through that.”

Chasing a DLS revised target of 317 in 33 overs after rain interrupted play in the chase, Australia were bowled out for 217 in 28.2 overs.

Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each.

Australia have lost five ODI matches in a row but skipper Steve Smith remained hopeful of a quick turnaround.

“We have lost quite a few (matches) in a row, in South Africa and here. We need to sort out a few things,” said Smith.

“We have a few days now, we are working towards the World Cup, both the teams are. Hopefully, we’ll turn it around in the last game.”

Indian batsmen set up victory after a flying start and Iyer, 28, put doubts over his fitness to rest, hitting his third one-day century before being caught.

Iyer hit 11 fours and three sixes in his 90-ball knock and was named man of the match.

The 24-year-old Gill, who hit 74 off 63 balls at Mohali in the first game, raced to his sixth ODI century and fifth this year with a single off Sean Abbott.

Gill’s knock ended when he was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey off Cameron Green. He hit six fours and four sixes in his 97-ball innings.

Ishan Kishan was dismissed for 31 before Rahul and Yadav propped up the innings with fluent knocks.

Green took two wickets but gave away 103 runs off his 10 overs.

In reply, Australia lost two wickets for just nine runs and were 56-2 when rain interrupted play for over an hour and the tourists resumed with a new target.

David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne attempted to rebuild in their stand of 80 but the wheels came off the chase after their departure.

Ashwin broke the stand and then struck twice in one over to send back the left-handed Warner and Josh Inglis.

Green attempted to hit back but was run out before Abbott led an unexpected charge with his 36-ball 54.

Number eight Abbott put on a ninth-wicket stand of 77 with Josh Hazlewood, who made 23.

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KANPUR: Indian batters Shreyas Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha’s fifties helped India set a defend-able target of 284.

Resuming at an overnight score of 14/1, Mayank Agarwal (4*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (9*) resumed the proceedings for India on day 4. The Blue Caps could not start their day to the fullest as both the batters were sent back to the pavilion after adding a few runs into their previous score. Pujara was dismissed on 22 by Kyle Jamieson. Out of form Indian standing captain – Ajinkya Rahane could not stay long enough on the crease as he was trapped in legs by Ajaz Patel for 4. Soon after, Mayank was dismissed by Tim Southee on 4. Indian all-rounder – Ravindra Jadeja bagged a duck as he was trapped in legs by Southee.

India were in all sorts of trouble as the side lost four wickets for just 37 runs at the start of day-four. Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin put on a useful 52-runs partnership to pull India out of trouble. Ashwin was dismissed for 32 as he was bowled by Jamieson. Saha joined Iyer and put on a brilliant partnership of 64-runs before Iyer was dismissed on 65 by Southee. Saha remained unbeaten on 61 as India declared their innings on 234/7 and set 284-runs target for Black Caps.

Southee and Jamieson took three wickets each, while Patel dismissed one batter.

New Zealand started their run chase in the last session with just four overs left for day-four. Kiwi openers could not manage to give a solid start to their side as their opener Will Young was dismissed on 2 by Ashwin. Opening batters Tom Latham and Will Somerville will resume the proceedings for the Kiwis on the final day as their side are currently 4/1.

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