Shreyas Iyer, the Men’s Player of the Month for March
Shreyas Iyer, the star Indian batter, has been awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March due to his key performances in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Shreyas Iyer wins this award by competing with New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra due to his February- March 2025 performance for India, which leads India to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 triumph.
Shreyas Iyer is an Indian middle-order batter who has represented India in 70 ODIs and scored 2845 runs with a 48.22 batting average and 100 strike rate. He played for India in 5 matches of the Champions Trophy 2025. He played a very important role by scoring 243 runs for India and became the second most run scorer in the tournament. Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand is the highest run scorer in the tournament, who scored 263 runs.
Shreyas Iyer started his journey for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on 20 February 2025 against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India won this match by six wickets by chasing the target of 228 runs against Bangladesh. In this match, Shreyas Iyer made 15 runs.
Shreyas Iyer played against Pakistan in the second match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on 23 February 2025. In this match, Pakistan set a target of 242 runs for India, and India chased this target in 42.3 overs with 4 wickets loss. Shreyas Iyer made 56 runs in 67 balls with 5 fours and 1 six in this match and played a crucial role in India‘s win, along with Virat Kohli, who scored 100 runs and remained not out.
Shreyas Iyer played his third group stage match against New Zealand on 2nd March 2025. India made 249 runs for NZ while batting first in 50 overs with the loss of 9 wickets. Iyer played a key and supporting role in this match by making 79 runs in 98 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes on a tough surface. India managed successfully to limit NZ to 205 runs in 45.3 overs and won by 44 runs.
India played her Semi-Final match against Australia on 4 March 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Australia made a target of 264 runs while batting first in 49.3 overs. India successfully chased this target in 48.1 overs and won the match by 4 wickets. Shreyas Iyer didn’t disappoint again this time, and he made 45 runs in 62 balls while chasing the target against a tough opponent in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Shreyas Iyer represented India against New Zealand on 9 March 2025 in the Final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In the final match of the event, NZ made 251 runs in 50 overs. India chased down this target on a tough surface in 49 overs with the loss of 6 wickets and became the Champions. Shreyas Iyer made 48 runs in 62 balls in this match. He supported the inning after the loss of wicket of Virat Kohli.
These key performances of Shreyas Iyer signify his crucial role in India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 triumph. This can answer the question of why Shreyas Iyer has been awarded the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2025.