New Delhi: The year 2022 has been very good for former Indian team captain Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli also showed good performance in the Asia Cup 2022 played this year. At the same time, Virat is also seen in good form in the T20 World Cup being played at present. At the same time, now the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the award for the Player of the Month for the month of October. This special award has been given to Virat Kohli in this regard.
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Virat has been given this award for his excellent performance in the T20 series and T20 World Cup played against South Africa. Virat has won this award, leaving behind Zimbabwe’s legendary all-rounder Sikandar Raza and South African batsman David Miller. Virat has scored 205 runs in the month of October at an impressive average of 205. During this his strike rate was also 150.73.
Congratulations to @imVkohli – ICC Player of the Month for October#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/IEnlciVt9T
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 7, 2022
Let us tell you that for the first time, Virat Kohli has received the ICC Player of the Month award. At the same time, after receiving this award, Kohli said that ‘It is a matter of great honor for me that I was given this award’.
Virat Kohli batted brilliantly last month. He played an innings of 82 runs against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. After this he also played a brilliant innings of 62 runs in the match against Netherlands. At the same time, during the T20 series against South Africa in the month of October in Guwahati, he also played an innings of 49 runs in 28 balls.
Let us tell you that this is not Virat’s first ICC award. Even before this, Virat has won many awards like ICC Cricketer of the Year, Cricketer of the Decade, ODI Cricketer of the Decade, ODI Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year. Kohli is the only cricketer to win all ICC annual individual awards in a year.