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Ajantha Mendis
Ajantha Mendis
Full Name:
Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslow Mendis
Birth date:
March 11,
1985
Age:
37 years
Birth Country:
Sri Lanka
Batting Style:
Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:
Right Arm Offbreak, Legbreak
Team :
Sri Lanka
A March 11th born, Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis hails from Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka
. Ajantha Mendis is premiumly classified as a slow-medium bowler, however his forte ranges from off-breaks, leg-breaks to googlies and the flickering carom ball. The 29 years old Sri Lankan cricketer was brought up alongside an elder brother and sister. He received his basic education at St Anthony’s college and then Moratuwa Maha Vidyalaya. Mr Lucky Rogers, his school coach, identified Ajantha’s talent initially. He went on to represent his school under 15 cricket team. Later in the year 2004, he joined the Sri Lankan Army after the demise of his father. Ajantha was a part of the Sri Lanka Artilery and represented the Army in two/three day’s matches and limited over matches.
His List A debut was against Lankan Cricket Club on behalf of Sri Lanka Army on November 8th 2006. He played his first First Class match against the same on November 17th 2006. Ajantha’s international career kick started on 10th April, 2008, against
West Indies
in a One Day match. On his debut, he gave 39 runs off 10 overs and bagged 3 wickets. His test debut was against
India
on 23rd July 2008 in Colombo and he dumbfounded all with a towering 8 wickets haul. His T20 career started off against
Zimbabwe
in October 2008. His first half century was against India on 6th of August 2010. He faced the maximum number of balls in the innings and scored 78.
Mendis has represented Sri Lanka in international cricket; he was also associated with various clubs such as Combined Provinces, Dhaka Gladiators, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pune Warriors, Wayamba and Hampshire etc. He was the ICC “Emerging Player of the Year” 2008.
Though the right-arm off spinner now occasionally finds a spot in the Sri Lankan squad, he continues to spread his charm over the limited over matches.
Recent matches
Runs
Wkts
Team
Opp
Match Date
Score
-
1/10
Sri Lanka Legends
South Africa Legends
2021-03-08
DT20
0
-
Sri Lanka Legends
West Indies Legends
2021-03-06
DT20
9
-
Sri Lanka Legends
India Legends
2020-03-10
DT20
17
-
Sri Lanka Legends
Australia Legends
2020-03-08
DT20
-
0/31
Lahore Qalandars
Islamabad United
2016-02-17
DT20
-
0/23
Lahore Qalandars
Islamabad United
2016-02-10
DT20
-
4/14
Lahore Qalandars
Quetta Gladiators
2016-02-08
DT20
-
1/23
Lahore Qalandars
Peshawar Zalmi
2016-02-06
DT20
4
0/49
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
2015-12-26
ODI
3
0/41
Sylhet Super Stars
Rangpur Riders
2015-11-26
DT20
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Batting Statistics
Mat
Inns
Out
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BP
SR
200s
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
Ct
St
TEST
18
19
13
6
213
78
16.38
455
46.81
0
0
1
4
25
1
2
0
ODI
85
43
23
20
230
42
10.00
297
77.44
0
0
0
15
22
2
16
0
IT20
36
8
3
5
8
4
2.67
17
47.06
0
0
0
4
1
0
5
0
Bowling Statistics
Mat
Inns
Overs
MO
Runs
Wkts
Ave
Eco
SR
Ext
4wkts
5wkts
10wkts
BBI
BBM
TEST
19
31
788.2
118
2434
70
34.77
3.28
67.6
52
5
1
0
6/99
10/209
ODI
84
83
684.2
32
3300
151
21.85
5.02
27.2
91
7
1
0
6/13
6/13
IT20
36
36
135.3
4
897
55
16.31
6.94
14.8
14
1
0
0
6/8
6/8
Awards
Player of the Match
Date
Ireland vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Match 2014
2014-05-06
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 1st T20 World Cup Match 2012
2012-09-18
Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd T20 Match 2011
2011-08-08
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 23rd Match T20 World Cup 2009
2009-06-16
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI Match 2008
2008-11-28
Man Of Series
Date
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka ODI Series 2008 Schedule
2008-11-30
Sri Lanka vs India Test Series 2008 Schedule
2008-08-11
Asia Cup 2008 Schedule
2008-07-06
Last Series Played
Legends League Cricket 2022
Road Safety World Series 2021
T10 League 2021 Schedule
PSL 2016 - Pakistan Super League PSL T20
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka ODI Series 2015-2016
Team Squad
Kusal Mendis
Angelo Mathews
Kasun Rajitha
Ramesh Mendis
Asitha Fernando
Lasith Embuldeniya
Dilshan Madushanka
Kamindu Mendis
Vishwa Fernando
Chamika Karunaratne
Compare player with
Best Performance
Batting
Bowling
ODI
TEST
IT20
42* runs from 34 balls against England on 2014-06-03
21* runs from 20 balls against West Indies on 2015-11-01
19* runs from 14 balls against Pakistan on 2013-12-27
18* runs from 9 balls against Ireland on 2014-05-06
15* runs from 8 balls against Bangladesh on 2008-06-25
78 runs from 157 balls against India on 2010-08-03
47 runs from 67 balls against Bangladesh on 2014-02-04
27 runs from 75 balls against India on 2009-11-24
17 runs from 28 balls against India on 2008-08-08
12* runs from 18 balls against England on 2011-05-26
4* runs from 1 balls against Ireland on 2009-06-14
2 runs from 5 balls against New Zealand on 2010-05-22
1 runs from 2 balls against West Indies on 2012-10-07
1 runs from 7 balls against Australia on 2010-05-09
ODI
TEST
IT20
6/13 against India on 2008-07-06
6/29 against Zimbabwe on 2008-11-28
5/22 against United Arab Emirates on 2008-06-26
4/10 against India on 2008-08-29
4/15 against Zimbabwe on 2008-11-22
6/99 against Bangladesh on 2014-02-04
6/117 against India on 2008-07-31
6/169 against West Indies on 2010-11-15
5/56 against India on 2008-08-08
4/60 against India on 2008-07-23
6/8 against Zimbabwe on 2012-09-18
6/16 against Australia on 2011-08-08
4/12 against West Indies on 2012-10-07
3/9 against New Zealand on 2009-06-16
3/12 against Netherlands on 2014-03-24