Kamindu Mendis

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Kamindu Mendis
Personal information
Full name
Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis
Born (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 25)
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm orthodox spin, Right-arm off-break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 160)8 July 2022 v Australia
Last Test22 March 2024 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 190)10 March 2019 v South Africa
Last ODI21 January 2022 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 77)27 October 2018 v England
Last T20I8 March 2024 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015Galle
2018Colombo
2020–presentKandy Falcons
2022–presentSylhet Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 3 7 8
Runs scored 419 127 160
Batting average 139.00 21.16 28.20
100s/50s 2/2 0/1 0/1
Top score 164 57 65*
Balls bowled – 150 48
Wickets – 2 0
Bowling average – 75.50 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 –
10 wickets in match – 0 –
Best bowling – 1/32 –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2024
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Men's Cricket
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team

Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis (born 30 September 1998), popularly as Kamindu Mendis, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team, and for Colombo Cricket Club in domestic cricket.[1] He is an ambidextrous bowler and has bowled both right and left-arm deliveries during the same over.[2][3][4] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2018.

Early and domestic career[edit]

Mendis started bowling with both arms at the age of 13, while playing cricket for Richmond College, Galle. He made his List A debut alongside Charith Asalanka on 30 November 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.[5][6]

The following month, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7] He was named as the Under-19 captain in December 2016[8] and captained the Sri Lankan squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9]

He was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament[10][11] and the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament,[12] before being named in the squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[13] He made his Twenty20 debut for Colombo on 21 August 2018.[14]

He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament on 30 November 2018.[15] In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[16] In December 2019, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament, with nineteen dismissals in eight matches.[17]

In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[18] In August 2021, he was named as the vice-captain of the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[19] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[20] In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[21]

International career[edit]

In August 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[22]

In October 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against England.[23] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against England on 27 October 2018.[24] He scored 24 runs in the match.

In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[25] In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[26] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 10 March 2019.[27] In November 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[28] Later the same month, he was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[29] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.[30]

In September 2021, Mendis was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[31] In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's ODI squad for their series against Zimbabwe.

In May 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[32] The following month, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[33] Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, also for their home series against Australia.[34] He made his Test debut on 8 July 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[35] In the match, he scored his maiden Test fifty and made a match-winning partnership of 133-runs with centurion Dinesh Chandimal.[36] Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 39 runs, their first innings victory in Test cricket against Australia.[37][38] In 2024 in the 3rd T20I against Afghanistan, Mendis scored an unbeaten fighting knock of 65 runs in a losing cause.[39]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kamindu Mendis". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Under-19 World Cup: Watch Sri Lanka's ambidextrous bowler Kamindu Mendis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ^ "A true all-rounder: Meet ambidextrous spinner Kamindu Mendis". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ "England get first taste of ambidextrous Mendis in Sri Lanka warm-up win". The Guardian. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament, Group B: Badureliya Sports Club v Galle Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Nov 30, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Kamindu Mendis, Sri Lanka's ambidextrous asset". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ^ "SL include Charana Nanayakkara in U-19 World Cup squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ Weerasinghe, Damith (11 December 2016). "Kamindu Mendis to lead Sri Lanka U19s in Youth Asia Cup". ThePapare.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  9. ^ "U-19 Cricket: Kamindu to lead Sri Lanka U19s at ICC Youth WC". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  12. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. ^ "SLC T20 League at Colombo, Aug 21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Group A, Premier League Tournament Tier A at Katunayake, Nov 30 - Dec 2 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  17. ^ "SLC Invitation Limited Over Tournament, 2019/20: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  21. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  22. ^ "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Ambidextrous Kamindu Mendis breaks into SL T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  24. ^ "Only T20I (N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Oct 27 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Sri Lanka Squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2018". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  26. ^ "Akila Dananjaya returns for South Africa ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  27. ^ "3rd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Mar 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  28. ^ "Sri Lanka squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  29. ^ "SLC Men's and Women's squads for SAG 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  30. ^ "South Asian Games: Bangladesh secure gold in men's cricket". BD News24. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Theekshana and Rajapaksa surprise picks in Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  32. ^ "Oshada Fernando returns as Sri Lanka Cricket name squad for Bangladesh". The Papare. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  33. ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Jeffrey Vandersay named in Sri Lanka Test squad for Australia series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  35. ^ "2nd Test, Galle, July 08 - 12, 2022, Australia tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  36. ^ "Chandimal's century, fifties from Mathews and Kamindu put Sri Lanka in front". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  37. ^ "Stats - Dream debut for Prabath Jayasuriya and a record knock by Dinesh Chandimal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  38. ^ "Jayasuriya's 12-wicket haul, Chandimal's 206* give Sri Lanka series-levelling win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  39. ^ "Gurbaz, spinners give Afghanistan winning end to tough tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

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