Kamindu Mendis

Kamindu Mendis (born 30 September 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Colombo Cricket Club.[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.

Kamindu Mendis
Personal information
Full namePasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis
Born (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak, slow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting allrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 190)10 March 2019 v South Africa
Last ODI13 March 2019 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 77)27 October 2018 v England
Last T20I24 March 2019 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015Galle
2018-Colombo
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 2 4 6 6
Runs scored 17 66 182 45
Batting average 17.00 16.50 36.40 45.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 9 41 61 23*
Balls bowled 84 30 240 54
Wickets 1 0 3 2
Bowling average 79.00 - 66.33 29.50
5 wickets in innings 0 - 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/45 - 1/32 1/6
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 4/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 March 2019

Early and domestic career

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]

International career

In August 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[18]

In October 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against England.[19] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against England on 27 October 2018.[20] 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.[21] In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[22] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 10 March 2019.[23] 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.[24] 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.[25] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.[26]

References
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  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. "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  19. "Ambidextrous Kamindu Mendis breaks into SL T20I squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  20. "Only T20I (N), England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Oct 27 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  21. "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.
  22. "Akila Dananjaya returns for South Africa ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  23. "3rd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Durban, Mar 10 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  24. "Sri Lanka squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  25. "SLC Men's and Women's squads for SAG 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  26. "South Asian Games: Bangladesh secure gold in men's cricket". BD News24. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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