New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel has been awarded the ICC Player of the Month award for December. Patel beat India's Mayank Agarwal and Australia's Mitchell Starc to win this award. 

Ajaz Patel played only one match in December - a test match against India at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The 33-year old spinner pulled off a miracle as he picked all 10 Indian wickets and that too in the first innings. 

Patel ended up with 14 wickets in the match as he gave away 225 runs. The off-spinner averaged 16.07 striking at 31.6, due to which he was hailed as the 'ICC Player of the Month' for December.