Dubai, Feb. 28 -- New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell and Bangladesh's Sobhana Mostary secured the ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for January 2026.

Mitchell made back-to-back centuries during January, helping the Kiwis secure their first-ever ODI series win on Indian soil, winning the series 2-1. The Black Caps player beat Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav and star England batter Joe Root to the award, as per ICC.

The three-match ODI series saw the Kiwis overturn a 0-1 deficit to win the series 2-1. Mitchell was at the heart of this fightback, with an unbeaten 131 in the second match and followed it up with an even better knock of 137 in the third to lift his team to a match-winning total of 337/8, which proved to be too much...