Kamindu Mendis, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI: At present the Sri Lankan team is on a tour of New Zealand. Where the three-match ODI series is going on between the two teams. The second match of the series was played today (January 8) in Hamilton. Here the Sri Lankan team had to face defeat. But the whole world has become crazy about Kamindu Mendis’s batting.
In fact, after losing the toss and batting first in Hamilton, the Kiwi team managed to score 255/9 runs in 37 overs scheduled after rain. While chasing the target, the Sri Lankan team collapsed for 142 runs in 30.2 overs.
In the second ODI, Sri Lanka had to face defeat by a huge margin of 113 runs. But as long as Mendis was present at the crease. There was always a hope that the Sri Lankan team could win this match. But as soon as Mendis was out, that hope was completely dashed.
During the match, Kamindu Mendis, batting at fourth position for his team, faced a total of 66 balls. Meanwhile, he managed to score 64 runs at a strike rate of 96.97. During this, five fours and three excellent sixes were seen from his bat. But due to lack of support from other batsmen at the other end, the visiting team had to face defeat.
Veterans see the future of Sri Lanka in Kamindu Mendis
Former veteran cricketers see the future of Sri Lanka in Kamindu Mendis. The main reason for this is his excellent batting. Actually, the 26-year-old batsman has played a total of 10 Tests, 16 ODIs and 23 T20 International matches for Sri Lanka so far.
Meanwhile, his bat has scored 1110 runs in 17 innings of Test at an average of 74.0, 298 runs in 15 innings of ODI at an average of 29.8 and 381 runs in 21 innings of T20 at an average of 19.05.
Mendis has five centuries and four half-centuries in Test cricket and two half-centuries each in ODI and T20 respectively.
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