{"id":157588,"date":"2024-10-20T14:08:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T14:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/20\/sri-lanka-vs-west-indies-kamindu-mendis-wears-pin-badge-for-1st-odi-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T14:08:52","slug":"sri-lanka-vs-west-indies-kamindu-mendis-wears-pin-badge-for-1st-odi-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/20\/sri-lanka-vs-west-indies-kamindu-mendis-wears-pin-badge-for-1st-odi-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Vs West Indies: Kamindu Mendis Wears &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217; For 1st ODI | Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/10\/20\/a4f485e4d09fc26c6cee678cfefeabb91729423535851901_original.jpeg?impolicy=abp_cdn&amp;imwidth=1200&amp;fit=755,425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sri Lanka Vs West Indies: Kamindu Mendis Wears &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217; For 1st ODI | Here&#8217;s Why\" title=\"Sri Lanka Vs West Indies: Kamindu Mendis Wears &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217; For 1st ODI | Here&#8217;s Why\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<p><strong>Kamindu Mendis &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217;:<\/strong> Sri Lanka are taking on West Indies in the 1st ODI of the three-match series. With playing XI&#8217;s announced and both teams in action for the first innings, Sri Lanka all-rounder Kamindu Mendis was spotted wearing the &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The reason behind Kamindu Mendis wearing the special badge from ICC is the fact that he has now become the first player to win the ICC Player of the Month award twice this year, as the 26-year-old is enjoying a historic and record-breaking calendar year, which has seen him reach heights no other has managed this century.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvsWI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SLvsWI<\/a>: 1st ODI<\/p>\n<p>Kamindu Mendis, who was awarded the &#8216;Player of the Month\u2019 for September by the ICC for his exceptional performances in the cricket field, is playing the game today, wearing the &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217; awarded by the ICC. \ud83c\udf96\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LqPGEJ47dF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LqPGEJ47dF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Sri Lanka Cricket \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 (@OfficialSLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialSLC\/status\/1847938726837817563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations Kamindu Mendis \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\udfcf\ud83d\ude4f <br \/>A rising Sri Lanka Test star has become the first player to win the ICC Men\u2019s Player of the Month award twice in 2024.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gdGhEEGOdZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gdGhEEGOdZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LKA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#LKA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SriLanka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SriLanka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#CricketTwitter<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Kamindu Mendis beat out tough competition from Sri Lanka teammate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Sri Lanka Tweet \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 (@SriLankaTweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SriLankaTweet\/status\/1845754341422252441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #e03e2d;\">Nishan Madhuska Makes ODI Debut; Receives Cap From Legendary Sanath Jayasuriya<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sri Lanka have handed a debut to batsman Nishan Madushka in the white-ball format as the 25-year-old features in the playing XI against West Indies for the 1st ODI at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele. He received his debut cap from coach Sanath Jayasuriya and now becomes the 214th player to represent the nation in the ODI&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A proud moment for Nishan Madushka as he receives his well-deserved ODI cap (no. 214) from the legendary Sanath Jayasuriya! \ud83d\ude4c <\/p>\n<p>A new chapter begins! Best of luck, Nishan! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SriLankaCricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SriLankaCricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NishanMadushka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#NishanMadushka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SLvWI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SLvWI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mcaXj3ZCzc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mcaXj3ZCzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Sri Lanka Cricket \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 (@OfficialSLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialSLC\/status\/1847923441925771536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/sri-lanka-vs-west-indies-kamindu-mendis-wears-pin-badge-for-1st-odi-heres-why-pallekele-icc-player-of-the-month-nishan-madushka-debut-1725617\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamindu Mendis &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217;: Sri Lanka are taking on West Indies in the 1st ODI of the three-match series. With playing XI&#8217;s announced and both teams in action for the first innings, Sri Lanka all-rounder Kamindu Mendis was spotted wearing the &#8216;PIN Badge&#8217;. The reason behind Kamindu Mendis wearing the special badge from ICC is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2024\/10\/20\/a4f485e4d09fc26c6cee678cfefeabb91729423535851901_original.jpeg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[3297,81562,671,1310,78167,33144,20484,13190,1939,13193,5272,14603,1938,117358,123371,122631,43113,6501],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157590,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157588\/revisions\/157590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}