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Personal

Name

Kusal Mendis
Full Name

Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis
Country

Sri Lanka
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

February 25, 1995

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Wicketkeeper Right-handed batsman
Level

National, International
Teams

Sri Lanka, Bloomfield C&AC, CCC, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Under-19
Profile

Kusal Mendis is an international Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for all formats of the game at present. He has been playing from the national side of Sri Lanka since 2015 as a perfectly professional player of the team. In his formative years of cricket career, he used to play school and college cricket regularly. At the beginning of his domestic career, he has represented Bloomfield C&AC team in first-class cricket and played almost 16 first-class matches in this domestic circuit.

After playing in the Under-19 Sri Lanka team in 2014 and captained the squad successfully, Kusal Mendis got a call from the national side in 2015. He made his international debut through a test match against West Indies. Then, Kusal Mendis completes the debut game successfully in the rest two formats of the game in 2016. He starts making his impression on the national side since 2016 in all formats of cricket with his impactful innings. He also keeps the wickets sometimes in international matches and recently was named in the squad of Sri Lanka for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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Career Information

Debut Test Match: at P. Sara Oval Stadium Vs West Indies on 22nd of October in 2015

Last Test Match: at St. George’s Park Stadium Vs South Africa on 21st of February in 2019

Debut ODI Match: at The Village Stadium Vs Ireland on 16th of June in 2016

Last ODI: at Grange Cricket Club Stadium Vs Scotland on 21st of May in 2019

Debut T20I Match: at The Rose Bowl Stadium Vs England on 5th of July in 2016

Last T20I Match: at SuperSport Club Stadium Vs South Africa on 22nd of March in 2019

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 2639 runs in 38 matches in 4 years of Test career at an average of 36.35 and strike rate of 57.22 including 6 hundreds and 9 fifties (as on May 22, 2019)
  • He has scored 1692 runs in 63 matches in 3 years of ODI career at an average of 28.68 and strike rate of 85.76 including I hundred and 15 fifties (as on May 22, 2019)
  • He has scored 354 runs in 19 matches in 3 years of T20I career at an average of 18.63 and strike rate of 141.04 including 4 fifties (as on May 22, 2019)

Wicket Keeping Career:

  • He has 61 catches and 2 run outs in 38 matches in 4 years of Test career (as on May 22, 2019)
  • He has 31 catches and 5 run outs in 63 matches in 3 years of ODI career (as on May 22, 2019)
  • He has 5 catches and 2 run outs in 19 matches in 3 years of T20I career (as on May 22, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • SLC ODI Batsman of the Year 2016-2017
  • SLC Future Cricketer of The Year 2015
  • Player of the Series in Tri-series tournament in 2016
  • The youngest Sri Lankan to score a century against Australia