New Delhi: The 18th session of the Indian Premier League was quite memorable, with the title battle won by Royal Challengers Bangalore. He defeated the Punjab Kings in the title match. During the closing of the IPL, many players have also been awarded for their excellent performances. Krunal Pandya was given the Player of the Match award for the final match.

Along with this, Surya Kumar Yadav was chosen as the best Player of the tournament. Apart from these, awards have been given to players in various categories of the IPL’s 18th season. Among all these awards, there was one that has become a topic of discussion so far, which was given for catching the best catch of the season.

The award for the best catch in IPL 2025 was given to Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka, who took a brilliant catch for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He took this catch against CSK.

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On April 25, 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad player Kamindu Mendis won everyone’s heart with excellent fielding against Chennai Super Kings. He surprised everyone by taking a difficult catch of the CSK player Dewald Brasid. He was given an award for this catch. He has received a reward of Rs 10 lakh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Kamindu Mendis by bidding Rs 75 lakh in the auction. This was his debut season. In this, he played a total of 5 matches, in which Mendis scored 92 runs and also took two wickets in the season. However, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team was unable to do anything special.

Know who won the Orange and Purple Cap.

In the Indian Premier League Season 18, both the Orange Cap and Purple Cap awards were won by the players of the Gujarat Titans. Sai Sudarshan received the Orange Cap, and Prasidh Krishna received the Purple Cap; both received Rs 10 lakh each as a reward. Sudarshan became the emerging Player of the year; along with this, he also received an additional Rs 10 lakh.