Samson Bumrah: Not Samson or Bumrah, ICC nominated these three players who played T20 World Cup for special award.

New Delhi. If India wins the T20 World Cup 2026, then two players have a big role in it. One Jasprit Bumrah and the other Sanju Samson. Samson was the architect of India’s victory with his strong performance in the knockout matches, while Bumrah bowled brilliantly throughout the tournament and became the joint highest wicket taker. Samson also received the Player of the Tournament award. Despite the excellent performance of these two players, ICC has not nominated them for the Player of the Month Award for the month of February. Pakistan’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan, England’s all-rounder Will Jacques and America’s fast bowler Shadley Van Schalkwyk have been nominated for this award.

These three players also performed well for their respective teams in the T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan’s journey in the T20 World Cup 2026 could not progress beyond the Super-8. Pakistan played its last match of Super-8 against Sri Lanka on 28 February in which despite winning, the team could not go to the semi-finals. Sahibzada Farhan, who opened the innings for Pakistan, had a brilliant performance in the tournament. Farhan scored 383 runs including 2 centuries in 6 innings of 6 matches and was the top scorer of the tournament. Leaving behind Virat Kohli, he has also become the batsman who has scored the most runs in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. It was because of Farhan that Pakistan could also reach Super-8.

All-rounder Will Jacques played an important role in taking England to the semi-finals. Jacques had performed brilliantly with ball and bat. Jacques won the Player of the Match title 4 times in the T20 World Cup 2026. It was because of his all-round performance that England could reach the semi-finals. Jacques had scored 226 runs in 8 innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 176.56, while taking 9 wickets.

America could not progress beyond the group stage, but this team, which had defeated Pakistan in the last edition, impressed with its performance this time too. The main reason for this was right-arm fast bowler Shadley Van Schalkwyk. This 37 year old bowler impressed with his bowling in all 4 matches of the group stage. This bowler had troubled the batsmen of India and Pakistan. Shadley van Schalkwyk took 13 wickets in 4 matches and is second in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets in the tournament. Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty are jointly in the first place. Both have 14-14 wickets. However, Bumrah played 8 matches while Varun played 9 matches. Bumrah’s economy was also better than Varun. It remains to be seen who among Sahibzada Farhan, Will Jacques and Shadley Van Schalkwyk will be given the best player award for the month of February.

These three players nominated among women cricketers
Among women cricketers, Indian fast bowler Arundhati Reddy, Pakistani captain Fatima Sana and Sri Lankan batsman Harshita Samarawickrama have been nominated for ICC Women’s Player of the Month February. Arundhati Reddy led India’s bowling in the three-match T20 series in Australia. She emerged as the highest wicket taker, taking 8 wickets at an average of 10.87.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s top-order batsman Harshitha Samarawickrama played a key role in Sri Lanka’s 2-1 series win against West Indies. This left-handed player scored the most runs in the series. He scored a total of 171 runs in 3 ODI matches at an average of 57. Samarawickrama scored 66, 35 and 70 runs in the series. For this brilliant performance, Harshita was chosen as ‘Player of the Series’.

If we look at the performance of Pakistani captain Fatima Sana, she performed brilliantly with both bat and ball against South Africa. Fatima took 2 wickets with 52 runs in the second match of the ODI series and took 2 wickets with 60 runs in the third match. He scored 117 runs in the ODI series with an average of 39. Whereas, Fatima was the highest run scorer in the T20 series.