Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis (born 30 September 1998), popularly as Kamindu Mendis, is a professional Sri Lankan
cricket
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er who plays for the national team, and for
Colombo Cricket Club
The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863, and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7, close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket.
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in domestic cricket.
He is an
ambidextrous
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bowler and has bowled both right and left-arm deliveries during the same over.
He made his international debut for the
Sri Lanka cricket team
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...
in October 2018.
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
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debut alongside
Charith Asalanka
Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka (born 29 June 1997) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who plays all three formats of the game for the national team and also serves as the vice-captain of the national team in T20I. A left-handed bat ...
on 30 November 2015 in the
AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament
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.
The following month, he was named in
Sri Lanka's squad for the
2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 22 January to 14 February 2016. It was the eleventh edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be held in Ban ...
.
He was named as the Under-19 captain in December 2016 and captained the Sri Lankan squad for the
2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
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.
He was named in Colombo's squad for the
2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament
The 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament was a first-class cricket tournament, that was played in Sri Lanka during March and April 2018. It took place following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament and featured four t ...
and the
2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament
The 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament was a List A cricket tournament that was played in Sri Lanka between 2 May and 10 June 2018, following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. Four teams took part in the co ...
,
before being named in the squad the
2018 SLC T20 League
The 2018 SLC T20 League was a domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka, between 21 August and 2 September 2018. Four teams took part in the tournament: Colombo, Dambulla, Galle and Kandy. The Rangiri Dambulla International ...
.
He made his
Twenty20
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debut for Colombo on 21 August 2018.
He made his
first-class debut for
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
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in the
2018–19 Premier League Tournament on 30 November 2018.
In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the
2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament
The 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament was a List A cricket tournament that was played in Sri Lanka between 4 and 11 April 2019. Four teams took part in the competition: Colombo, Dambulla, Galle and Kandy, with Galle being the defending ch ...
. In December 2019, he was the leading wicket-taker in the
2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament
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, with nineteen dismissals in eight matches.
In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the
inaugural edition of the
Lanka Premier League
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. In August 2021, he was named as the vice-captain of the SLC Greens team for the
2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the
Kandy Warriors
Kandy Falcons, formerly known as Kandy Tuskers and Kandy Warriors, are a Sri Lankan franchise professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL), representing the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka which was founded in 202 ...
following the players' draft for the
2021 Lanka Premier League
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. In July 2022, he was signed by the
Kandy Falcons
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for the
third edition of the
Lanka Premier League
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.
International career
In August 2018,
Sri Lanka Cricket
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named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the
2018 Asia Cup
The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third t ...
.
In October 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) squad for the one-off match
against England. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against
England
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on 27 October 2018.
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
The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and ...
. In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's
One Day International
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(ODI) squad for their series
against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against
South Africa
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on 10 March 2019. In November 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the
2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
The 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Bangladesh between 14 and 23 November 2019. Eight teams participated in the tournament, including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations ...
in Bangladesh. 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
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. The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.
In September 2021, Mendis was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventua ...
. In May 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's
Test
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squad for their series
against Bangladesh. 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. Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's
Test
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squad, also for their home series against Australia. He made his Test debut on 8 July 2022, for Sri Lanka against
Australia
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. In the match, he scored his maiden Test fifty and made a match-winning partnership of 133-runs with centurion
Dinesh Chandimal
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal ( si, ලොකුගේ දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who captained the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy and agile right-handed bat ...
. Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 39 runs, their first innings victory in Test cricket against Australia.
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1998 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Sri Lanka Test cricketers
Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers
Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers
Colombo Cricket Club cricketers
Galle Cricket Club cricketers
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers
Sportspeople from Galle
South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
South Asian Games medalists in cricket
Kandy Warriors cricketers