Kusal Mendis

Kusal Mendis
කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්
Personal information
Full name Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis
Born (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin
Role Batsman, Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 132) 22 October 2015 v West Indies
Last Test 6 November 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 170) 16 June 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI 27 November 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no. 02
T20I debut (cap 66) 5 July 2016 v England
Last T20I 9 September 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–present Bloomfield C&AC
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 11 17 3 21
Runs scored 714 569 48 467
Batting average 34.00 37.93 16.00 23.55
100s/50s 1/2 0/7 -/- 0/4
Top score 176 94 22 77
Balls bowled 36 12 - 12
Wickets 1 0 - 0
Bowling average 18.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/10
Catches/stumpings 15/– 7/– -/- 20/4
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 November 2016

Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis, known as Kusal Mendis (Sinhalese: කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්; born 2 February 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all forms of the game.[1]

Early career

Mendis was adjudged the 2013 schoolboy cricketer of the year and had captained the national youth and the Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa teams in his formative years.[1][2][3]

International career

He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is the 132nd Test player for Sri Lanka, gaining his cap during the second Test of Sobers-Tissera Trophy. He made his Test debut in 2nd Test of West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2015, scoring 13 runs in the first innings and 39 runs in second innings.[4]

He was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of England, and in the first Test he scored a duck in the first innings, but in the second innings he scored his maiden test half-century with 53 runs.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016, scoring his maiden ODI fifty.[5] Mendis made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka against England on 5 July 2016 in the same tour.[6]

Against Australia

On 28 July 2016, Mendis scored his maiden Test century during the first Test against Australia at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium. He became the youngest Sri Lankan to score a century against Australia and also the highest score against Australia on home soil.[7] Sri Lanka won the match by 106 runs, which was only their second Test win against Australia. Mendis won the Man of the Match award for his performance.

Zimbabwe Tri-series 2016

In the fifth match of the Tri-series in Zimbabwe against the West Indies, Mendis scored 94 runs. With his fifty and 94 runs by Niroshan Dickwella, Sri Lanka posted 330 runs off 50 overs, which was recorded as the highest total by Sri Lanka against the West Indies. Sri Lanka won the match by single run and Mendis was adjudged man of the match for his batting.[8] With this win Sri Lanka reached the final with Zimbabwe. In the final, Mendis scored another fifty, guiding the team to win the series by 6 wickets. His all round performances in the series gave him his first player of the series award.[9]

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Kusal Mendis
No Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date Result
[1] 176 7  Australia Sri Lanka Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele Cricket Stadium 28 July 2016 Won

International awards

Test cricket

Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 1st Test – Warne-Murali Trophy Series 2016 1st Innings – 8 (7 balls: 2x4) ; 2 ct.
2nd Innings - 176 (254 balls: 21x4, 1x6)
 Sri Lanka won by 106 runs.[11]

One Day Internationals

Man of the Match awards

No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 West Indies Queens Sports Club 23 November 2016 94 (73 balls: 7x4, 5x6); DNB, 1 runout  Sri Lanka won by 1 run.[12]
2 Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 27 November 2016 DNB, 1 ct. ; 57 (72 balls: 10x4)  Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.[13]

Player of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 2016 Zimbabwe Tri-series 2016/17 167 runs (2 fifties) avg. 55.66.  Sri Lanka won the tri-series.[14]

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