Ajantha Mendis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslow Mendis (Sinhala: ????? ????????; born 11 March 1985) known as Ajantha Mendis is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Sri Lankan national cricket team in all three formats.
He was known as the "mystery spinner" due to the unusual bowling action and widely regarded as one of the best limited over bowlers in the world arena.
In August 2019, he retired from all formats of cricket.Mendis made his One Day International debut against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 2008 and took 3 for 39.
He also played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
He holds the record for the quickest for 50 wickets in ODIs with 19 matches. His first Test Match was against India at Colombo on 23 July 2008 in which he returned match figures of 8–132, thereby becoming the first Sri Lankan bowler to get an eight-wicket haul on Test debut.
Mendis won the Emerging Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards ceremony held in Dubai in September 2008.
Until February 2017, he was the only bowler to have taken six wickets in a Twenty20 International, and he has achieved the feat twice, claiming the world record figures of 6 wickets for 8 runs for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012.
On 26 October 2012 Ajantha Mendis received the Sri Lankan order of Bantu, the highest civilian honour in Sri Lanka.

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