Neesham bashed the ball down the ground and it would have been an easy single. But Mitchell, at the non-striker's end, refused to take the run, conceding that he had impeded Rashid - in a high-pressure chase, with a place in the World Cup final at stake, Mitchell's gesture oozed class.
The announcement was made jointly by the International Cricket Council and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) following Sri Lanka's victory in the Commonwealth Games Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur last week and the subsequent CGF ratification of the island nation's entry.
India, the world number one in Tests, however, have three representatives in the year's best team for the game's longest format, with New Zealand talisman Kane Williamson as its skipper.
While Mandhana was the only Indian, several members of the English side feature in the team with Nat Scriver being named captain.
The PCB chief on Tuesday had said that he would make a proposal to the ICC about holding a four nations T20I series comprising both India and Pakistan to be held every year.
The left-arm spinner was nominated for the award alongside India opener Mayank Agarwal and Australian pacer Mitchell Starc but beat them to it on the back of his incredibly rare feat.
With regular openers Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and KL Rahul all missing games at some point last month, Agarwal grabbed the opportunity with both hands against New Zealand and South Africa.
The rule will come into effect immediately and are in addition to the sanctions for slow over-rate outlined in Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.
Besides Mandhana, England cricketers Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver and Ireland's Gaby Lewis are the other contenders for the honour.
A part of the T20 World Cup-winning Australian team, Marsh scored 627 runs in 27 matches at an average of 36.88 while also taking eight wickets at 18.37 during the year.
England were eight overs short (not 5 overs short as previously announced) but were only fined 100 per cent of their match fee due to the limit.
The IOC on Thursday named 28 sports in the "initial programme" for the 2028 Olympics with skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing finding places in them.
The nominations for the month of November were announced based on performances across formats and including matches from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
India beat New Zealand by 372 runs in the Mumbai Test on the fourth day after drawing the opening match in Kanpur.
A total of 45 matches will be played across seven venues in Australia -- Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney -- between October 16 and November 13 next year.
Mithali had 738 points, Smriti had 710 points in her kitty in the batting ranking, which had South Africa's Lizelle Lee at the top with 761 points.
The ICC said the decision to stop the event was based on its concerns about how the participating teams would head back in the wake of the Omicron variant's rise.
Allardice, a former first-class cricketer, was the ICC General Manager, Cricket for eight years having previously held a similar role at Cricket Australia.
India will be co-hosting the 2026 T20 World Cup and 2031 50-over World Cup with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively.
South Africa's Aiden Markram and Anirch Nortje and Sri Lanka's Charith Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga were the players whose teams didn't qualify for the semi-finals but fore the ICC team.
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