Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis (born 11 March 1985 in Moratuwa) known as Ajantha Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for ODIs, Tests and T20Is for Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is known as the "mystery spinner" due to the unusual bowling action and widely regarded as one of the best Twenty20 bowlers in the world arena. Mendis currently holds the record for the best bowling figure in Twenty20 history, and only bowler to take 6 wicket-haul in Twenty20 twice. As a batsman he has proven to be a useful tailender, scoring one Test fifty.
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Full name | Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslow Mendis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka | 11 March 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off spin, leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 109) | 23 July 2008 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 July 2014 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 134) | 10 April 2008 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 26 December 2015 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 22) | 10 October 2008 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 May 2014 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007–present | Wayamba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–present | Sri Lanka Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Nagenahira Nagas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Pune Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2016 |
Ajantha Mendis | |
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Born |
11 March 1985 – Moratuwa |
Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
Service/ | Sri Lanka Army |
Years of service | 2005 – |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Unit | Sri Lanka Artillery |
Mendis made his One Day International debut against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 2008 and took 3 for 39. He also plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
His first Test Match was against India at Colombo on 23 July 2008 in which he returned match figures of 8–132, thereby becoming the first Sri Lankan bowler to get an eight-wicket haul on Test debut. Mendis won the Emerging Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards ceremony held in Dubai in September 2008. He is the quickest to reach 50 ODI wickets, with 19 matches.
Until February 2017, he was the only bowler to have taken six wickets in a Twenty20 International, and he has achieved the feat twice, claiming the world record figures of 6 wickets for 8 runs for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012. On 26 October 2012 Ajantha Mendis received the Sri Lankan order of Bantu, the highest civilian honour in Sri Lanka.
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Early years and personal life
Born on 11 March 1985, Mendis hails from a hamlet in Moratuwa. He is the third child in a family of five with an elder brother and a sister. He was raised Catholic. He has had his basic education at St Anthony's College at Kadalana in his village where there were no facilities at all for sports. He subsequently entered Moratuwa Maha Vidyalaya in the year of 2000. During a cricket coaching class, Mendis' talents were initially identified by the school coach named Mr Lucky Rogers back in the year 1998 when he was just 13 years of age. In the year 2000 he represented the school under 15 cricket team and he was selected to the first eleven team. He also deputised for the school team captain. This slow medium bowler with a variation of leg spin was adjudged the Best Bowler at the big-matches twice in 2001 and 2002.
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Sri Lanka Artillery Cricket Committee
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