New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- India's star opening batter Shafali Verma and South Africa's star duo Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus have been nominated for the ICC Women's Player of the Month for December 2025.

Verma was at her explosive best in the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in December 2025, providing India with blazing starts and setting the aggressive tone for India as the hosts cruised to a dominant 5-0 series sweep, as per the ICC website.

After a relatively quiet start in the opening T20I, Verma truly found her rhythm from the second match onwards. A fiery unbeaten 69 in the second T20I powered India to a comfortable chase of a modest 129-run target. She carried that momentum into the third T20I, smashing another unbeaten knoc...