Jeevan

Mendis

Sri Lanka
All Rounder

Jeevan

About Jeevan Mendis

Name
Jeevan Mendis
Born
Jan 15, 1983 (42 years)
Birth Place
Sri Lanka
Role
All Rounder
Batting Style
Left Handed
Bowling Style
Leg break

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 Daredevils for IPL 6.

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Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
0
54
22
156
Innings
0
40
15
244
Runs
0
604
207
7457
Highest Score
0
72
43
206
SR
0.00
85.00
118.00
0.00
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Team Played For

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Central Province
Central Province
Dhaka Division
Dhaka Division
Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Kandurata
Kandurata
Sri Lanka Emerging Players
Sri Lanka Emerging Players
Ruhuna
Ruhuna
Sri Lanka A
Sri Lanka A
Sri Lanka Academy
Sri Lanka Academy
Sri Lankan Invitation XI
Sri Lankan Invitation XI
Sri Lanka Schools
Sri Lanka Schools
Sinhalese Sports Club
Sinhalese Sports Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Young Sri Lanka
Young Sri Lanka
Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils
Sri Lanka Under-19
Sri Lanka Under-19
Sydney Sixers
Sydney Sixers
Chittagong Vikings
Chittagong Vikings
Combined Provinces
Combined Provinces
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
Basnahira Cricket Dundee
Tridents
Tridents
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Guyana Amazon Warriors
Uthura Yellows
Uthura Yellows
Prime Bank Cricket Club
Prime Bank Cricket Club
Kalabagan Cricket Academy
Kalabagan Cricket Academy
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Yaal Blazers
Yaal Blazers
Barisal Bulls
Barisal Bulls
Colombo
Colombo
Kandy
Kandy
Kandy Crusaders
Kandy Crusaders
Jaffna District
Jaffna District
Stellenbosch Kings
Stellenbosch Kings
Boost Defenders
Boost Defenders
Tshwane Spartans
Tshwane Spartans