Miraz named ICC Player of the Month for April

All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was named as the ICC Men's Player of the Month for April following a tremendous performance against visiting Zimbabwe. 

Miraz became only the third player from Bangladesh to win the men's monthly award and the first in over two years. 

Shakib Al Hasan was the last Bangladesh player to win the award, in March 2023, while Mushfiqur is the other one to have won it. Shakib in fact won this accolade twice. 

Superb performances with both bat and ball in a two-Test home series against Zimbabwe helped him win the award, his purple patch also helping grab the number two spot among all-rounders in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings for the first time in his career.

The 27-year-old was named Player of the Series after finishing with 15 wickets that comprised three five-wicket hauls and knocking up his second Test century (104) in the second match in Chattogram that Bangladesh won by an innings and 106 runs to draw the series 1-1.

Miraz, who was also named Player of the Match in Chattogram, pipped Zimbabwe player Blessing Muzarabani and New Zealand's Ben Sears to clinch the award.

“It's an incredible honor to win the ICC Men's Player of the Month award. The ICC Awards are the ultimate recognition for any cricketer, and to receive this from a global vote means a lot to me,” Mehidy Hasan Miraz told the ICC in his immediate reaction.