Kusal Mendis
Kusal Mendis — career overview
Kusal Mendis is a cricketer who represents Sri Lanka in international cricket as a wk-batsman and wicketkeeper (Right Handed Bat). In international cricket Kusal Mendis has appeared in 73 Tests (4,757 runs at 36.88, with 10 hundreds and 21 fiftys); 148 ODIs (4,697 runs at 35.05, with 4 hundreds and 33 fiftys); 78 T20Is (1,920 runs at 25.60, with 15 fiftys). With the ball, Kusal Mendis has taken 1 international wicket across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Kusal Mendis with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Sri Lanka rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 73 | 135 | 6 | 4757 | 245 | 36.88 | 8116 | 58.62 | 10 | 21 | 572 | 52 |
| ODI | 148 | 145 | 11 | 4697 | 143 | 35.05 | 5337 | 88.01 | 4 | 33 | 481 | 76 |
| T20I | 78 | 78 | 3 | 1920 | 86 | 25.60 | 1458 | 131.69 | - | 15 | 165 | 81 |
| T20 (dom.) | 90 | 90 | 4 | 2198 | 86 | 25.56 | 1672 | 131.46 | - | 17 | 193 | 88 |
| IPL | 1 | 1 | - | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | 10 | 200.00 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 73 | 9 | 132 | 118 | 1 | 1/10 | 1/18 | 118.00 | 5.36 | 132.0 | - | - |
| ODI | 148 | 2 | 20 | 28 | - | 0/13 | 0/13 | - | 8.40 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20 (dom.) | 90 | - | - | - | - | -/- | -/- | - | - | - | - | - |
| IPL | 1 | - | - | - | - | -/- | -/- | - | - | - | - | - |
Wicketkeeping
| Format | Mat | Ct | St | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 73 | - | - | - |
| ODI | 148 | - | - | - |
| T20I | 78 | - | - | - |
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Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Kusal Mendis — Career Overview
Kusal Mendis is a wk-batsman from Sri Lanka. Kusal bats right handed bat and keeps wicket. Wicketkeeper-batters carry one of the most demanding workloads in the modern game: hours of concentration behind the stumps and a finishing role with the bat, often through the middle and death overs. Reflexes, footwork to spin and a calm head under pressure separate the best in this category. Sri Lanka is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 73 Tests: 4,757 runs at an average of 36.88, strike rate 58.62 (10 hundreds, 21 fiftys); 148 ODIs: 4,697 runs at an average of 35.05, strike rate 88.01 (4 hundreds, 33 fiftys); 78 T20Is: 1,920 runs at an average of 25.60, strike rate 131.69 (15 fiftys). International bowling — 1 wicket in Test at 118.00, economy 5.36. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Kusal Mendis's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Kusal Mendis's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.