The ICC shortlisted 4 players for the Emerging Player of the Year 2024. These included Gas Atkinson of England, Sam Ayub of Pakistan, Shamar Joseph of West Indies and Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka. All these young players performed quite a memorial in the year 2024 and left their mark in the cricket world. The ICC has announced the winner of this award. Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka has won this award by beating the remaining three players.

Kamindu Mendis won

The international career of Kamindu Mendis started in the year 2018. But 2024 was quite spectacular for him. He showed a very strong game in the Test last year. Kamindu Mendis started the year by scoring a century against Bangladesh. After this, his form continued continuously. He also equaled Sir Don Bradman's record of scoring 1000 Test runs in just 13 innings. He played in all three formats for Sri Lanka last year and confirmed his place in the team.

Kamindu Mendis, 26, scored more than 1000 Test runs in the calendar year. During this, he scored 1049 runs in nine Tests at an average of 74.92, including 5 centuries and 3 half -centuries. He also got a place in the ICC Test Team of the Year for this memorable game. On the other hand, he scored 104 runs in ODI at an average of 52.00. At the same time, with the help of 2 half -centuries in T20, 305 runs came out of his bat.