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Bangladesh fast bowler Nahid Rana, Oman captain Jatinder Singh and left-arm seamer Ajay Kumar of the United Arab Emirates have made the shortlist for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for April, While South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt, Sri Lanka batter Imesha Dulani and Brazil all-rounder Laura Cardosa are in line for the women’s award.

Rana has made the men’s shortlist following his Player of the Series effort in three ODIs at home against New Zealand, Singh’s performances in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 in Nepal see him make the cut while Kumar made it after a notable start to his ODI career in the same series.

Wolvaardt, who recently won two awards in the space of three months, is in line once again after fine performances in an ODI series against New Zealand and a T20I series versus India.Dulani stood out on an ODI and T20I tour of Bangladesh while Cardosa came into reckoning after a purple patch that saw her become the first player ever to take nine wickets in a T20I.