CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 53-ball 82* to help India secure an opening victory against Pakistan in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 encounter. Virat Kohli’s brilliant form with the bat en-route to the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup earned him the monthly award.

Detailed explanation-2: -Miguel Almiron has won the October EA SPORTS Player of the Month award. The Newcastle United winger becomes only the second Paraguayan to claim the prize, after Roque Santa Cruz while at Blackburn Rovers in 2007. Almiron scored in five of his six matches for Newcastle, netting a joint-league high six goals in October.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 11 January, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the ICC Player of the Month Awards for December 2022, with England’s rising star batsman Harry Brook and Australia’s Ashley Gardner winning the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Being chosen as the standout player by fans across the globe as well as the panel makes this accolade even more special for me,” Kohli said in an ICC release.

Detailed explanation-5: -ICC awards 2022 - Babar Azam and Nat Sciver named Cricketers of the Year; Ben Stokes wins Test award | ESPNcricinfo.