Kamindu Mendis and Maia Boucher win ICC Player of the Month (March) awards


Kamindu Mendis has batted very well for Sri Lanka in international cricket so far and has won the hearts of many people.

Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis. (Image Source: X)

The International Cricket Council has announced the winners of the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month (March 2024) awards. Kamindu Mendis won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award.

Let us tell you, Kamindu Mendis had performed very well in the first Test of the ICC World Test Championship played against Bangladesh in Sylhet and played an important role in Sri Lanka’s victory. Kamindu Mendis has batted very well for Sri Lanka in international cricket so far and has won the hearts of many people. Not only this, the young player has also left his mark in bowling.

In the first Test against Bangladesh played in Sylhet, Sri Lanka’s score at one time was five wickets for 57 runs. However, after this the young player performed very well for Sri Lanka and played an important inning of 102 runs. He supported Dhananjay de Silva very well. Not only this, in the second innings also Sri Lanka’s score was six wickets for 126 runs. After this, Mendis once again batted brilliantly and scored 164 runs, due to which Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 328 runs.

After receiving this award, Kamindu Mendis said, ‘I feel very happy that I have won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month Award. This will give a new identity to my international cricketing career. Matt Henry and Mark Adair were with me in this list and both of them are also very good players.

Maia Boucher wins ICC Women’s Player of the Month (March 2024) award

England’s Maia Boucher won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month (March 2024) award. He performed very well in the five-match T20 series played against New Zealand in March and played an important role in his team’s victory. Maia Boucher had scored 223 runs at an average of above 55 in the five-match T20 series played against New Zealand.

After winning the ICC Women’s Player of the Month (March 2024) award, Maia Boucher said, ‘First of all I would like to thank everyone who voted for me. I feel very happy that I have won this award and I would also like to thank my friends and family.

I have worked very hard and practiced a lot for the last few months. It feels great that I was able to play an important role in my team’s victory against New Zealand. I hope that I get more such awards in future. I would also like to thank my coach who worked hard in my practice. Let us tell you, Maia Boucher won this award by defeating Amelia Kerr and Ash Gardner.

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