Shubman Gill had a dream outing in the recently concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, as India held England to a 2-2 draw in his maiden Test series as the Indian cricket team captain.
Gill accepted the captaincy role, following the retirement of former skipper Rohit Sharma, just a month before the tour of England started. Sharma was followed by another Indian cricket stalwart, Virat Kohli, who also brought down the curtains on his illustrious Test career.
Thus, in the absence of senior stars, Gill was entrusted with the responsibility of leading a young Indian side on a very difficult away tour in England.
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And boy, did Gill deliver. Both as a captain and as a batter, Gill had a terrific outing. He emerged as the tour's highest run scorer, with 754 runs under his belt, while he broke multiple batting records.
His stellar outing in England was duly recognised by the International Cricket Council, who awarded the ICC Player of the Month prize to the Indian skipper.
This was the fourth time in history that Gill was handed the ICC POTM award, which is also the most an Indian player has received.
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Indian cricketers with most ICC Player of the Month awards listed
Gill is followed by Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer, who have won this award twice in their career thus far, while iconic players like Virat Kohli and R Ashwin have bagged the award only once.
| Player | No. of awards | Months |
|---|---|---|
| Shubman Gill | 4 | January, September (2023); February, July (2025) |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 2 | June, December (2024) |
| Shreyas Iyer | 2 | February (2022), March (2025) |
| Virat Kohli | 1 | October (2022) |
| Rishabh Pant | 1 | January (2021) |
| R Ashwin | 1 | February (2021) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 1 | February (2024) |
| Bhuvaneshwar Kumar | 1 | March (2021) |