ICC honors Sahibzada Farhan as Males’s Participant of the month for T20 World Cup heroics

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday named Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan because the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month for February following his efficiency on the latest T20 World Cup.

“Pakistan’s opener Sahibzada Farhan has grabbed the ICC Males’s Participant of the Month for February 2026 owing to a shocking ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 marketing campaign in Sri Lanka,” the ICC stated in a press release.

Farhan completed because the event’s highest run-scorer, amassing 383 runs in seven matches (six innings) at a mean of 76.60, together with two centuries and two half-centuries.

“The hard-hitting proper hander had an outstanding run on the international occasion boasting a strike charge of 160.25 whereas breaking a longstanding Virat Kohli document of most runs on the T20 World Cup in a single version,” the assertion added.

It marked the primary time Farhan has received the month-to-month ICC award, turning into the primary male Pakistan participant to take action since Haris Rauf in November 2024.

“It’s an unimaginable feeling to win this ICC award, particularly for performances on the World Cup stage, the place followers from all around the world are watching each second. That makes it much more particular,” Farhan stated.

“It was actually a event I’ll all the time cherish, and I’m decided to hold this momentum ahead within the collection and competitions forward. I’m deeply grateful to my teammates for his or her fixed assist and perception in me – this wouldn’t have been doable with out them,” he added.

The ICC stated Farhan additionally grew to become the primary batter to attain two centuries in a single version of the boys’s T20 World Cup, reaching the feat towards Namibia and Sri Lanka.

He additionally reached a career-high second place within the ICC Males’s T20I batting rankings following a century towards Sri Lanka in Pallekele. Farhan was concerned in a document 176-run partnership with Fakhar Zaman, the best for any wicket in T20 internationals.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi congratulated Sahibzada Farhan and described the achievement as a proud second for the nation’s cricket.

In a press release on X, Naqvi prolonged his greatest needs to Farhan for the longer term, praising his efficiency and dedication to the sport.

“This honour is the result of Sahibzada Farhan’s onerous work {and professional} strategy,” he stated.

Naqvi expressed hope that the batter would preserve his sturdy type within the upcoming matches, including that Farhan would obtain extra success by his skills and onerous work.