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Ajantha Mendis

Full Name
Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis
Born
11-03-1985 Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Current Age
35 years old
Major Teams
Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pune Warriors
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm slow
Ajantha Mendis

Photos: Ajantha Mendis

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    Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, ICC World T20 Group C match, Hambantota (Sep 18, 2012)

  • Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, ICC World T20 2014

    Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, ICC World T20 2014

  • In Photos: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

    In Photos: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

  • Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup Match 7 at Mirpur

    Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup Match 7 at Mirpur

Videos: Ajantha Mendis

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    Ajantha Mendis ruled out of limited-over series against New Zealand

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    ICC World T20: Mendis has been a knife in our side, says Taylor

Ajantha Mendis Biography

Ajantha Mendis is a Sri Lankan ‘mystery’ spinner who became an instant superstar when he cleaned a powerful Indian batting line-up out with a splendid spell of 6 for 13 in the final of Asia Cup in 2008. He possesses the ability to bowl off-break, leg-break, googly, top-spinner, flipper, and the middle-fingered carom ball. His variations proved to be too tricky to handle when he entered the Test arena and picked up 26 wickets in his maiden series, once again against India. This included 8 for 132 on Test debut.
 
His success in Sri Lanka's domestic circuit for Sri Lanka Army had made a lot of people notice of him; he picked up 68 wickets in just nine games at a mind-numbing bowling average of just 10.51 early in 2008. He was subsequently fast-tracked to the national team. It is his accuracy and stump-to-stump line that has had many batsmen in trouble. He raced away to 50 One-Day International (ODI) wickets in a mere 19 games, beating Ajit Agarkar’s long-standing record of doing it in 23 games.
 
He is the only bowler to have taken a six-wicket haul in T20Is. In fact, Mendis has taken two six-fors in T20Is. He took 6 for 16 against Australia at Pallekele in 2011, and then against Zimbabwe he finished with destructive figures of 6 for 8 in four overs (with two maidens).
 
Over the period of time though, Mendis has failed to live up to his expectations and has been on the fringes of selection of the national team and Sri Lanka have often overlooked him for new bowlers in Dilruwan Perera and Tharindu Kaushal.
 
Nikhil Popat

Ajantha Mendis Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 19 19 213 6 78 16.38 455 46.81 0 1 25 1 2 0
ODIs 88 42 188 19 21* 8.173 263 71.48 0 0 16 2 15 0
T20s 39 8 8 5 4* 2.666 17 47.05 0 0 1 0 6 0
World Cup 6 1 0 1 0* -- 2 0.000 0 0 0 0 -- --

Ajantha Mendis Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 19 4730 2434 70 34.77 3.087 67. 4 1 6/8 10/209
ODIs 88 4154 3324 152 21.86 4.801 27.32 3 0 6/8 6/8
T20s 39 885 952 66 14.42 6.454 13.40 2 0 6/8 6/8
World Cup 6 256 134 7 19.14 3.140 36.57 0 -- 3/35 6/8

Ajantha Mendis Career statistics

Test Debut

Sri Lanka v India at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, July 23, 2008

Last Test

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, July 24, 2014

ODI Debut

West Indies v Sri Lanka at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, April 10, 2008

Last ODI

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, December 26, 2015

T20 Debut

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City, October 10, 2008

Last T20

England v Sri Lanka at Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, March 27, 2014

News ON Ajantha Mendis

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Mujeeb rose to fame after brilliant performance in the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

England vs Sri Lanka ICC World T20 2014 Live Cricket Score Group 1 Match 22: Alex Hales powers England to six-wicket win

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Ajantha Mendis: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag played me the best

Ajantha Mendis feels that he is not missed as Rangana Herath is doing a tidy job.

India vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI at Kolkata: Sri Lanka keen to strengthen spin attack

Mendis is hopeful that he would make some difference to the Lankan bowling attack which is thin.

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