The International Cricket Council (ICC) awards the best-performing male and female cricketers across international matches each month. Over the years, several cricketers have won this award, and now, for October, there have been three players who have been nominated as the ICC Player of the Month. All-rounder Marco Jansen and West Indies captain Shai Hope are two of the three competing against each other.

Apart from them, Pakistan National Cricket Team player Arafat Minhas has also been included in the list. This is going to be a good fight, given that all of the cricketers have performed exceptionally well in October across different formats. The winner will not have much of a difference from the second-placed cricketer.

Marco Jansen named in ICC Player of the Month nomination

Marco Jansen, the South Africa National Cricket Team all-rounder has been one of the consistent performer for the side across formats. Especially, he was brilliant in the recently concluded Test series against Australia, as he played some match-winning knocks in the lower-middle order and also picked crucial wickets in the three-match Test series.

After his exceptional performance in the traditional format against the Aussies, he was awarded Player of the Series as he scored 146 runs and picked 10 wickets in the series. Marco Jansen also earned the top spot in the ICC Test all-rounder rankings as he dethroned Ravindra Jadeja from the top spot and was also the No.1 Test bowler for some days before Mitchell Starc took over.

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