{"id":107671,"date":"2026-04-14T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=107671"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:35:30","slug":"sanju-samson-named-icc-player-of-the-month-for-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/sanju-samson-named-icc-player-of-the-month-for-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanju Samson named ICC Player of the Month for March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">International Cricket Council <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-revises-t20-world-cup-semi-final-venues-with-conditional-schedule\/\">(ICC) <\/a><\/span><\/span>has announced <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sanju Samson<\/span><\/span> as the Men\u2019s Player of the Month for March 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"348\">This marks the first time Samson has received the prestigious monthly award, following his outstanding performances in international cricket.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"524\">The Indian wicketkeeper-batter played a key role in his team\u2019s success during the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup<\/span><\/span> 2026, scoring 275 runs in just three matches in March.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"676\">Reacting to the achievement, Samson termed the award a \u201cmemorable moment\u201d in his career, expressing gratitude for the recognition of his performances.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"815\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">His consistent batting displays were instrumental in India\u2019s victories, further cementing his place as a key player in the team\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Sanju Samson as the Men\u2019s Player of the Month for March 2026. This marks the first time Samson has received the prestigious monthly award, following his outstanding performances in international cricket. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter played a key role in his team\u2019s success during the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":107672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[40016,37450],"class_list":["post-107671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-mens-player-of-the-month","tag-sanju-samson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107673,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107671\/revisions\/107673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}