Profile
An all-rounder with an impressive track record, it’s a mystery as to why the Colombo-born Jeevan Mendis has remained elusive for so long. Backed by a brother and father who were incidentally cricketers, Mendis enjoyed a flourishing career at school level before taking his performances one notch higher in the Under-17 Asia Cup and in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
Debuting for the Sinhalese Sports Club in 2000-01, the southpaw played a few memorable knocks which also included a cracking unbeaten 152 in the 2003-04 season but the club’s ignorance towards his bowling talents finally forced him to join the Tamil Union Cricket Club in 2008-09 season. Straight away, the move paid off as he picked 22 first-class wickets that season and finished off 2009-10 with 35 scalps. His success in major part was due to his strange grip which bamboozled batsman into differentiating between the natural leg spinner and googly; he was also quite successful with the bat during this period.
Jeevan made his first ODI appearance against Zimbabwe in 2010 and on debut, picked up two wickets. A compact batsman and an outstanding fielder, Mendis has all the ingredients to be a regular in the Sri Lankan side. He represented Sydney Sixers in the 2012 Big Bash League, and the following year was bought by the Delhi for IPL 6.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| ODI |
35 |
25 |
417 |
6 |
21.94 |
81.76 |
0 |
1 |
72 |
| T20 |
15 |
11 |
197 |
3 |
24.62 |
125.47 |
0 |
0 |
43* |
| IPL |
3 |
3 |
23 |
0 |
7.66 |
85.18 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| ODI |
35 |
28 |
900 |
734 |
22 |
3/15 |
/ |
33.36 |
4.89 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| T20 |
15 |
8 |
108 |
116 |
6 |
3/24 |
/ |
19.33 |
6.44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| IPL |
3 |
2 |
30 |
36 |
1 |
1/16 |
/ |
36 |
7.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
7 |
0 |
2 |
| T20 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| IPL |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Career
Span:
- ODI:
- 2010-2013
- T20:
- 2011-2013
- IPL:
- 2013-2013
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe at Queen's Sports Club, Bulawayo - Jun 01, 2010
- Last played:
- Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Mar 28, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Sri Lanka Vs England at County Ground, Bristol - Jun 25, 2011
- Last played:
- Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Mar 31, 2013
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Delhi Vs Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - Apr 09, 2013
- Last played:
- Delhi Vs Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad - May 04, 2013
