India's Deepti Sharma beat competition from Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary and Australia's Annabel Sutherland to claim the ICC Women's Player of the Month honours for October 2026.

“I’m pleased to win the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award," Deepti said.

"The series against Zimbabwe was a great one for us, and I’m proud of the way the team performed, especially the youngsters.

"Scoring a century was a particularly special moment for me, made even more meaningful as it contributed to a winning cause."

The experienced India all-rounder clearly enjoys October. It was last year during this month that she starred in India's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup triumph, and in 2026, Deepti showed fine form to good use in the contests against Zimbabwe.

“I would like to thank the voting panel and fans for this recognition, as well as my teammates and coaches for their continued support," she added.

"I would like to dedicate this award to my fans across the world.”

She yielded critical outputs across the two formats in Zimbabwe's inbound tour.

Deepti began with a quickfire 49 in the first T20I against Zimbabwe in Raipur to help setup a victory after the hosts were in a spot of bother at 19/4. Over the series, she collected two wickets to help India secure a clean sweep.​

That form translated across to the ODI series as Deepti secured two wickets in the series opener in another India triumph.

This was followed by her standout performance in the second ODI, where the 29-year-old hit her second ODI century and chipped in with three valuable wickets as India clinched the a 2-0 lead in the series. 

In total, Deepti scored 155 runs and picked seven wickets across formats as India remained undefeated against Zimbabwe across the six international contests.