Kamindu Mendis ICC Player Of The Month: Sri Lanka’s star batsman Kamindu Mendis has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2024. He has been performing brilliantly for Sri Lanka for some time now. He has left behind Ireland’s fast bowler Mark Adair and New Zealand’s fast bowler Matt Henry to win this big award. Kamindu Mendis has said a big thing on winning the award.
Third Sri Lankan player to do so
Kamindu Mendis became the third Sri Lankan to win the award, after Prabhat Jayasuriya and Wanindu Hasaranga. After being named Player of the Month for the month of March, Kamindu Mendis said that I am very happy to be selected as ICC Men’s Player of the Month, which I consider an inspiration for my international career. Such awards motivate us to do more and more work to perform better for the country and the fans. Along with me, I also wish the other two nominated players Mark Adair and Matt Henry all the best. Both of them are good players.
Showed strength against Bangladesh
25-year-old Kamindu Mendis made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka in 2018. He performed well in the three-match series against Bangladesh. Then Mendis’s strong performance continued in the Test series also. He scored centuries in both the innings of the first test match. He played innings of 102 runs and 164 runs. It is because of him that the Sri Lankan team was successful in winning the first match.
Scored centuries in both innings of the first test match
In the second test match against Bangladesh, Kamindu Mendis scored 92 runs and also took three wickets. The Sri Lankan team won the second test match by 192 runs. Due to his strong performance, he was given the Player of the Match award in the second test. After this he was also given the Player of the Series award.
Played all three formats for Sri Lanka
Kamindu Mendis has played cricket in all three formats for the Sri Lankan team and has emerged as the biggest match winner for the team. He has scored 428 runs in three Test matches, 127 runs in 7 ODI matches and 209 runs in 10 T20I matches for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he also has 5 wickets in his name in all three formats.
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