The name of Sri Lankan cricketer Kamindu Mendis has been recommended for the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award.
The names of four players, including Kamindu, have been proposed for this award, which is given to new players who have shown outstanding performance in entering the international cricket field in the year 2024.
Kamindu has played 32 matches for Sri Lanka so far in 2024, where he has managed to score 1451 runs with a batting average of 50.03.
Here, Kamindu managed to show the most outstanding performance in Test matches, and he has managed to score 1049 runs in 9 Test matches during this period, keeping his batting average at a high value of 74.92.
For this, five centuries and three half-centuries were recorded with his bat. Also among these are the great Test innings he played against England in England, and the innings of 182 runs against New Zealand in Sri Lanka without losing.
Meanwhile, this year, Kamindu was also able to tie with the great player Don Bradman by getting the third place (in 13 innings) among the players who spent the least number of innings to cross the 1000 run mark in the history of Test cricket.
Along with Kamindu, England’s Gus Atkinson (11 matches – 52 wickets), Pakistan’s Saim Ayub (9 ODIs – 515 runs) and West Indies’ Shamar Joseph (8 Test matches – 26 wickets) were also nominated for the Emerging Player of the Year award. It is recommended.
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