About Ajantha Mendis
Full name Ajantha Mendis
Born March 11, 1985, Moratuwa
Current age 25 years 315 days
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak
Major teams Sri Lanka, Hampshire, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Board President's XI, Wayamba
Ajantha Mendis Profile
Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is. Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008. After impressing on debut in the Caribbean, Mendis only grew in stature - in particular, because of his 'carrom ball', which he releases with an unusual snap of his fingers. In a short span Mendis has flummoxed some international batsmen who've played spin pretty well in their careers. Just ask the Indians, who were clueless against him in the Asia Cup final, where Mendis netted 6 for 13 in his eighth one-day international. His 17 wickets in the tournament duly earned him the Man-of-the-Series award and soon after earned a call-up to the Test squad to face India at home. What a series it was: the best returns for a bowler in a three match-debut series, beating Alec Bedser's record by two. Mendis started by becoming the first Sri Lankan to take eight wickets on Test debut, and finished with 26 wickets, bamboozling India with unpredictability, killer efficiency and numbing accuracy, to be named Man of the Series.
Ajantha Mendis Batting, Fielding and Bowling
The above stats are as per date of this post.
Ajantha Mendis Career
Test:
2008-2010
ODI:
2008-2010
T20:
2008-2010
IPL:
2008-2010
CLT20:
2009-2010
Ajantha Mendis Test Matches
Debut:
Sri Lanka Vs India at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo - Jul 23, 2008
Last played:
Sri Lanka Vs West Indies at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Dec 01, 2010
Ajantha Mendis ODI Matches
Debut:
Sri Lanka Vs West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain - Trinidad - Apr 10, 2008
Last played:
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri - Aug 20, 2010
Ajantha Mendis T20 Matches
Debut:
Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe at Maple Leaf (North-West Ground), King City, Ontario - Oct 10, 2008
Last played:
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida - May 23, 2010
Ajantha Mendis IPL Matches
Debut:
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta) - May 25, 2008
Last played:
Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore) - Apr 10, 2010
Ajantha Mendis CLT20 Matches
Debut:
Wayamba Elevens Vs Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Oct 11, 2009
Last played:
Wayamba Elevens Vs Central Stags at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth - Sep 22, 2010
