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ICC has announced the winner of the Player of the Month award for the month of April. UAE opener Mohammad Wasim batted brilliantly in the ACC Premier Cup and impressed everyone with his performance. Now he has received the Player of the Month award for the month of April in 2024. He became the first player to win the Player of the Month award for the UAE. He won the award by defeating Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi and Namibia's Gerhard Erasmus.
Know what Mohammad Wasim said after winning the award
Muhammad Wasim said that winning the ICC Men's Player of the Month award is a great honour. I am thrilled to join this prestigious list of award winners from around the world. This award is a great inspiration for the players, especially for the players of an emerging cricket team like UAE. Our aim at the ACC Premier Cup in Oman last month was to qualify for next year's Asia Cup and I am proud of our team and their performance in the tournament. On a personal level, I am happy that I stepped forward and led the team and that too especially in the final.
Mohammad Wasim is in great form
Muhammad Wasim has been in excellent form for some time now. He performed brilliantly in the ACC Men's Premier Cup in April. Wasim was out on zero on the very first ball against Kuwait. But in the next three matches he played innings of 65, 45 and 48 runs. He scored a century in the final of the ACC Men's Premier Cup. Wasim was awarded the Player of the Series award for his outstanding performance.
Scored a lot of runs for UAE
Mohammad Wasim made his T20I debut for UAE in the year 2021. After this, he has become an important link in the team's batting order. He has scored 1977 runs in 53 T20I matches for UAE. During this period his average was 40 and strike rate was 154.69. Apart from this, he has scored 1289 runs in 48 ODI matches. He has scored three centuries in T-20 and one century in ODI.