Good news for Kavya Maran after IPL 2025, star player from SRH has...
Kavya Maran's SRH failed to reach IPL 2025 playoffs after reaching the final in the 2024 season. SRH ended up in 6th place on the IPL 2025 Points Table.
Kavya Maran's SRH bought Kamindu Mendis for Rs 75 lakh at the IPL 2025 mega auction last year.
Kamindu Mendis won ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award in 2024 season. Kamindu is an all-rounder from Sri Lanka. Image credit: X (Formerly Twitter)
Kamindu Mendis was awarded Sri Lanka Cricket's Cricketer of the Year Award for 2024. Chamari Athapaththu was awarded Women Cricketer of the Year Award.
Kamindu Mendis has a record-breaking year in Test cricket, scoring 1049 runs in the 12-month period for consideration of the award at an average of 74.92.
Kamindu Mendis scored 92 runs in IPL 2025 season for Kavya Maran's SRH and claimed 2 wickets. Kamindu had a strike-rate of over 133.
Kamindu Mendis picked up one of the catches of the season in IPL 2025 to dismiss CSK batter Dewald Brevis in a match in Hyderabad.
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