Apart from the National team of Sri Lanka, Ajanta has also played for Kolkatta Knight Riders in IPL Twenty20, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba.
His Batting style is Right-hand bat and more importantly his Bowling style Right-arm slow-medium ( and this description hardly does justice to his bowling style).
Current age: 23 years 118 days
Major teams: Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm slow-medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODIs | 8 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 15* | 46.00 | 29 | 158.62 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 19 | 30 | 0 | 387 | 37 | 12.90 | 644 | 60.09 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
List A | 27 | 19 | 6 | 373 | 71* | 28.69 | 372 | 100.26 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Twenty20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3.75 | 21 | 71.42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
ODI debut | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 |
Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008.
After impressing on debut in the Caribbean, Mendis only grew in stature - in particular, because of his 'flicker', which he releases with an unusual snap of his fingers. In a short span Mendis has flummoxed some international batsmen who've played spin pretty well in their careers.
Just ask the Indians, who were clueless against him in the Asia Cup final, where Mendis netted 6 for 13 in his eighth one-day international. His 17 wickets in the tournament duly earned him the Man-of-the-Series award.
watch AJANTA MENDIS against the West Indies....