DUBAI: Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf has won the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month award for November 2024.
“Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf fired on all cylinders on the tour of Australia, snapping up 10 wickets across three ODIs to steer his team to a first ODI series win Down Under in 22 years,” the ICC said in a statement on Wednesday.
It said Rauf capped off the month of November with an overall tally of 18 wickets and scooped the monthly award over India’s Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa’s Marco Jansen.
The world cricketing body added the 31-year-old’s standout performance came in the second ODI against Australia. It noted as Pakistan trailed 1-0 in the three-match series, Rauf produced a fiery pace-bowling display in Adelaide, claiming figures of 5/29.
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The statement added Rauf’s spell, marking his second five-wicket haul for Pakistan, saw the hosts bundled out for a mere 163, as Pakistan bounced back into the series with an emphatic nine-wicket triumph.
“In the decisive third ODI, the right-arm quick fashioned another couple of wickets and was named Player of the Series as Pakistan emerged winners by a 2-1 margin,” said the ICC. It said that in the three T20Is that followed, Rauf seized five more dismissals, including a four-wicket haul in Sydney, his fourth in T20Is.
Later in the month, as Pakistan toured Zimbabwe, Rauf clinched three more wickets from as many ODIs as the visitors came from behind to clinch a 2-1 series win.
Haris Rauf reacts to his achievement
“I am truly humbled by this recognition and honoured to be named ICC Player of the Month,” Rauf said after the award announcement.
“This achievement is a testament to the efforts of my teammates and the support of our passionate fans. Wearing the Pakistan jersey is a privilege, and moments like these motivate me to push my limits further.”
