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Wanigamuni Ramesh Tarinda Mendis (born 7 July 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in January 2021.[1]
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Full name | Wanigamuni Ramesh Tarinda Mendis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka | 7 July 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 154) | 22 January 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 24 July 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 197) | 28 May 2021 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 21 January 2022 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 89) | 28 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 29 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Dambulla Viiking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Dambulla Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2022 |
In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[2][3] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[4] In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[5]
He was the leading run-scorer for Moors Sports Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 612 runs in nine matches.[6] He was also the leading wicket-taker for the team in the tournament, with 30 dismissals in nine matches.[6]
In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[8] In January 2020, on the opening day of the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament, Mendis scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, making 205 runs for Moors Sports Club.[9] He went on to convert it into his maiden triple century, finishing with 300 not out.[10] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11]
In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[12] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[13] In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[14]
In January 2021, he was named as a reserve player for Sri Lanka's Test matches against England.[15][16] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against England, on 22 January 2021.[17] In February 2021, Mendis was named in Sri Lanka's limited overs squad for their series against the West Indies.[18]
During the second Test against Bangladesh in 2021, Mendis claimed bowling figures of 2/86 and 4/103.[19] He helped the debutant Praveen Jayawickrama to take wickets from the other end where Bangladesh lost the match by 202 runs. Finally Sri Lanka won the series 1–0.[20]
In May 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[21] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka on 28 May 2021, against Bangladesh,[22] taking two wickets.[23]
In July 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India.[24] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 28 July 2021, for Sri Lanka against India.[25] On 1 October 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[26] In December 2021, in the second match against the West Indies, Mendis took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[27]
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