Kamindu Mendis

Kamindu Mendis

Sri Lanka
2018 - 2025
  • Date of Birth 1998-9-30
  • Role allrounder
  • Batting Style left-hand bat
  • Bowling Style right-arm offbreak
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
TEST AUS vs SL 2022-07-08
ODI SA vs SL 2019-03-10
T20 ENG vs SL 2018-10-27

Recent Performances

KnightRiders vs MI Emirates
2025-12-11
Batting: 10*
Bowling: 3/21
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
2025-11-22
Batting: 3
Bowling: -
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka
2025-11-20
Batting: 9
Bowling: -
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
2025-11-16
Batting: 10
Bowling: 0/7
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
2025-11-14
Batting: 44
Bowling: 0/16
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
2025-11-11
Batting: 9
Bowling: -
India vs Sri Lanka
2025-09-26
Batting: 3
Bowling: -
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
2025-09-23
Batting: 50
Bowling: -
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
2025-09-20
Batting: 1
Bowling: 0/16
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka
2025-09-18
Batting: 26*
Bowling: -

Batting Statistics

Matches 14
Innings 24
Runs 1316
Average 62.66
Strike Rate 63.79
Highest Score 182*
100s 5
50s 5
Fours 137
Sixes 24
Catches 14

Bowling Statistics

Matches 14
Innings 7
Wickets 3
Average 37.33
Economy 5.33
Strike Rate 42
Best Figure 3/32
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 126
Runs Conceded 112

Batting Statistics

Matches 27
Innings 26
Runs 527
Average 26.35
Strike Rate 80.7
Highest Score 64
100s 0
50s 3
Fours 40
Sixes 13
Catches 10

Bowling Statistics

Matches 27
Innings 15
Wickets 6
Average 54.33
Economy 6.52
Strike Rate 50
Best Figure 3/19
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 300
Runs Conceded 326

Batting Statistics

Matches 35
Innings 31
Runs 540
Average 19.28
Strike Rate 124.71
Highest Score 65*
100s 0
50s 3
Fours 44
Sixes 22
Catches 16

Bowling Statistics

Matches 35
Innings 12
Wickets 3
Average 66.66
Economy 8.33
Strike Rate 48
Best Figure 1/14
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 144
Runs Conceded 200

Batting Statistics

Matches 100
Innings 91
Runs 2569
Average 32.51
Strike Rate 81.45
Highest Score 110
100s 1
50s 18
Fours 206
Sixes 42
Catches 45

Bowling Statistics

Matches 100
Innings 71
Wickets 70
Average 30.41
Economy 5.34
Strike Rate 34.1
Best Figure 5/33
4 Wickets 1
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 2392
Runs Conceded 2129

Batting Statistics

Matches 115
Innings 100
Runs 2301
Average 26.75
Strike Rate 129.34
Highest Score 99*
100s 0
50s 14
Fours 205
Sixes 67
Catches 41

Bowling Statistics

Matches 115
Innings 64
Wickets 27
Average 43.96
Economy 8.11
Strike Rate 32.5
Best Figure 3/21
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 878
Runs Conceded 1187
Though foremost a batsman who scores heavily square of the wicket, it is for his unique skill set with the ball that Kamindu Mendis had gained an international reputation long before he entered a national squad. He bowls finger spin with both arms, and does it with skill and accuracy - his offbreaks not quite as good as his left-arm orthodox, but not far off. Understandably, his potential has impressed coaches. In the age of T20, a bowler who can spin it away from both right and left-handers, not to mention employ different lines of attack to the same batsman, could potentially have team owners and data analysts drooling, so long as Kamindu continues to develop those skills.
A product of Galle's Richmond College, Mendis made his under-19 Sri Lanka debut shortly before his 16th birthday, and would go on to captain the under-19 side in the 2018 World Cup. In October of that year, he was picked in a Sri Lanka senior side for the first time, for the one-off T20 against England. A half-century in the practice match before that England tour had helped him secure a place.