INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
triumph over England.Athapaththu beat out South Africa pair Laura Wolvaardt and Nadine de Klerk to earn the award after an outstanding month
England.The all-rounder was pivotal to the pair of victories with scores of 55 and 44 against England, along with bowling figures of 1/11
total the 33-year-old amassed 208 runs at an average of 26 across five WT20I innings and three WODIs in September.The off-spinner also took
five wickets for the month at an average of 26.6 across the white-ball formats.The left-handed batter is currently No.3 in the MRF Tyres ICC
Mohammed Siraj and England opener Dawid Malan to claim the award after compiling 480 ODI runs at an average of 80 during September.The
opener made the most runs at the Asia Cup with 302 at an average of 75.5, including an unbeaten 27* as India crushed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
in the final.Gill backed up his strong tournament form with 178 runs in two innings against Australia as India fine-tuned for the Cricket
World Cup on home soil.The right-hander smashed a century against Australia (104) in the second of those ODIs, after reaching three figures
for the first time since 2011.--ICC
