New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rising India left-arm spinner N Sree Charani has been nominated for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for June 2026, following a spectacular individual campaign at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
The young left-arm spinner is joined on the shortlist by Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce and England's veteran opener batter Danni Wyatt-Hodge. While India's tournament campaign came to an end in the group stages, Charani emerged as the silver lining, finishing the marquee event as its leading wicket-taker.
Charani spun a web around batting lineups to pick 14 wickets in just six T20Is at a remarkable average of 11 and a highly impressive economy rate of 6.69. She picked up at least two wickets in all five of India's Group 1 encounters. Her tournament-defining spells included standout figures of 3-21 against arch-rivals Pakistan, a lethal 4-19 against the Netherlands, and a masterful 3-24 against South Africa.
For the monthly honour, Charani faces stiff competition from Danni, who enjoyed a prolific month at the top of the order. She amassed 287 runs in six T20Is at an astronomical average of 71.75 and a strike rate of 151.85.
She finished as the tournament's leading run-scorer and scripted history by becoming the first woman to breach the 300-run mark in a single edition of the T20 World Cup, ending with 302 runs.
Her tournament highlights included a blazing, unbeaten 105 against Sri Lanka, 65 against the West Indies, and a match-winning 89 not out that knocked out defending champions New Zealand.
Meanwhile, Kathryn makes the cut on the back of her supreme all-round capabilities. She was instrumental in leading Scotland to a home tri-series triumph over Bangladesh and the Netherlands in the run-up to the T20 World Cup.
She accumulated 178 runs at a strike rate of 140.15 and picked up 11 wickets in June. In the T20 World Cup, she spearheaded Scotland’s campaign, notably scoring a commanding 60 in their opening match against Ireland.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz