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PHKD Mendis

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

PHKD Mendis — 115 career matches, 3,206 runs and 22 wickets across all formats.

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Runs
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Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
30.3
Bowl Avg
52.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Sunrisers Hyderabad · All-Rounder

Career stats overview

14 Test · 27 ODI · 74 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

14 matches

1,316
Runs scored
3
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

27 matches

527
Runs scored
6
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

74 matches

1,363
Runs scored
13
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams PHKD Mendis has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Bangladesh

Matches
13
Runs
642
Wickets
7

New Zealand

Matches
11
Runs
484

South Africa

Matches
10
Runs
202
Wickets
1

Zimbabwe

Matches
9
Runs
204
Wickets
2

Jaffna Kings

Matches
7
Runs
179
Wickets
1

England

Matches
6
Runs
318

India

Matches
6
Runs
106

Pakistan

Matches
6
Runs
119

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where PHKD Mendis has turned out most often.

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Matches
30
Runs
657
Wickets
12

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches
22
Runs
379
Wickets
3

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Matches
8
Runs
209
Wickets
2

Galle International Stadium

Matches
6
Runs
543

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa

Matches
5
Runs
95

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Matches
5
Runs
75

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
20
Wickets
1

Harare Sports Club

Matches
4
Runs
103
Wickets
1

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.