Shafali Verma and Sneha Rana nominated for ICC Player of the Month award

DUBAI: Indian women cricket team players Shafali Verma and Sneha Rana were on Wednesday nominated for ICC Women's Player-of-the-Month award for June.

Batter Shafali and all-rounder Sneha face competition for the award from England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who too has been nominated.

New Zealand's Devon Conway and Kyle Jamieson, who both were part of their country's series win over England as well as the World Test Championship (WTC) final win against India have been nominated in the men's category along with South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock.

"The nominees for the monthly men's awards this time are Devon Conway, Quinton de Kock and Kyle Jamieson while Sophie Ecclestone, Sneh Rana and Shafali Verma figure in the women's shortlist," said a statement from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Big-hitting opener Shafali made an impressive Test debut against England and was named Player of the Match in the one-off Test in Bristol. The 17-year-old became the first Indian woman and fourth from any country to score half-centuries in both innings of a debut Test, notching 96 and 63. Her first innings score was the highest by an Indian woman on debut. She also aggregated 59 runs in two ODIs against India at a strike rate of 85.50. (IANS)

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