{"id":565706,"date":"2025-11-12T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/565706\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:11:15","slug":"muthusamy-bags-icc-player-of-the-month-for-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/565706\/","title":{"rendered":"Muthusamy bags ICC Player of the Month for October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DUBAI: South Africa\u2019s left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy has been named the ICC Men\u2019s Player of the Month for October 2025, following a series of stellar performances during his team\u2019s Test tour of Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muthusamy, 31, claimed the award ahead of fellow spinners Noman Ali of Pakistan and Afghanistan\u2019s Rashid Khan, marking the first time he has won the prestigious monthly honor.<\/p>\n<p>Across the two-match Test series, which ended in a 1-1 draw, he scored 106 runs at an average of 53 and claimed 11 wickets at an impressive 18.36, showcasing his all-round credentials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels incredible to be named the Player of the Month by the ICC, especially for performances in Test cricket, a format every player aspires to excel in,\u201d Muthusamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying for a side that won the World Test Championship this year is a matter of great pride.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on our Official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va9kjxo6mYPLvlX1UJ43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp channel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was privileged to be part of such a competitive series in Pakistan and am happy to have contributed with both ball and bat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank my teammates for their support and look forward to contributing for my team in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His exploits included career-best figures of 11\/174 in the first Test, where he took six wickets in the first innings and five in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Senuran Muthusamy also impressed with the bat in the second Test, scoring an unbeaten 89 in crucial lower-order partnerships with Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada, helping South Africa secure a vital first-innings lead and ultimately a win.<\/p>\n<p>These performances earned him the Player of the Series award as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/a-sports.tv\/pcb-announces-match-officials-for-t20i-tri-series\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PCB announces match officials for T20I tri-series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI: South Africa\u2019s left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy has been named the ICC Men\u2019s Player of the Month for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,179953,179952,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-565706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-player-of-the-month","10":"tag-senuran-muthusamy","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115537371666678904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}