Sri Lanka has set a target of 134 runs in front of Pakistan while playing first. These are a do or die match for both teams. With the small target, Pakistan’s hope of going to the finals has increased, because today the winning team will remain in the race for the final. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Hussain Talat put a deadly spell, who broke the back of the Sri Lankan batting line-up. However, Kamindu Mendis’ half -century innings saved from being all out on low score.

Shaheen Afridi gave the Pakistan team an ideal start, where he took 2 wickets in an interval of 8 balls. After that Kusal Perera and Charith Asalanka had added 25 runs together and were moving towards a big partnership, but Haris Rauf dismissed Perera and ended this partnership. After that Hussain Talat walked Charith Asalanka and Dasun Shanaka on consecutive balls in the 8th over.

Kamindu Mendis saved shame

Kamindu Mendis came to batting when Sri Lanka’s 3 wickets fell for 43 runs. Wickets were falling continuously from the other end and on seeing this, 6 batsmen had returned to the pavilion by 80 runs. In such a situation, Kamindu Mendis’ innings of 50 runs saved Sri Lanka’s honor. Chamika Karunaratne may have scored only 15 runs, but due to her stay at the crease, the Sri Lankan team was able to play 20 overs.

Will Pakistan be outside?

Sri Lanka has scored a score of 133 runs on the slow pitch of Abu Dhabi. It is very important for Sri Lanka as well as Pakistan to win this match. In the fierce summer, it can prove to be a very difficult goal for Pakistani batsmen. If the Pak team is unable to achieve this goal, then it will almost be out of the Asia Cup.

Shaheen Afridi took the most wickets for Pakistan, who dismissed 3 batsmen. Haris Rauf andhusain Talat took two wickets each. Abrar Ahmed took one wicket for just 8 runs in 4 overs spell.

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The Sri Lankan cricket team will play a 3 -match T20 series on the Zimbabwe tour before the Cricket Asia Cup 2025, for which the Sri Lanka Cricket Board announced the squad on Thursday. The 17 -member team under the captaincy of Charith Asanka include Kushal Perera, Kushal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Mahesh Dixhana. It is possible that Sri Lanka’s squad will also be the same for the Asia Cup.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team is included in Group B of Asia Cup. He is accompanied by teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong in this group. Before the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka’s team will play a 3 -match T20 series on Zimbabwe tour. Earlier, the first ODI will be played on Friday. Sri Lanka will also play 2 ODIs on the tour, after that the first T20 will be played on 3 September.

Players included in Sri Lanka T20 Squad

Charith Asanka (captain), Pathum Nisanka, Kushal Mendis, Kushal Perera, Nuwaniidu Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishra, Vishen Halmbaj, Dasun Shanka, Dunith Vellege, Chamika Karunaratne, Mahish Tishta, Dushan Hemantha, Mathisha Pathirana, Nuwan Tushra, Nuvanta Tushra, Binura Franando, Binura Fernande

Sri Lanka T20i Squad for Zimbabwe Tour
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel Has Named the Following Squad for the T20I series against Zimbabwe#Slvzim #Srilankacrick pic.twitter.com/34QCCCIKZP7

– Sri Lanka Cricket (@OFFCIALC) August 28, 2025

Zim vs SL T20 series schedule

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka will be played on first T20 Wednesday, 3 September, second T20 Saturday, 6 September and third T20 Sunday, 7 September. All matches will start at 5 pm Indian time. The three T20 Harare will be played at the Sports Club Stadium.

Sri Lanka’s schedule in Asia Cup

The first match of Cricket Asia Cup 2025 will be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong on Tuesday, 9 September. The second match will be held between Team India and UAE on 10 September. The first match of the Sri Lanka cricket team will be against Bangladesh at Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium on Saturday, September 13. The match will be played from 7:30 pm Indian time. See the schedule of Sri Lanka’s matches in the group stage.

• 13 September: Vs Bangladesh (Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium) – 7:30 pm
• 15 September: Vs Hong Kong (Dubai International Stadium) – 7:30 pm
• 18 September: Vs Afghanistan (Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium) – 7:30 pm

A total of 8 teams will play in the Asia Cup, which are divided into 2 groups of 4-4. After the group stage, the top 2 teams of each group will enter Super 4 and the remaining 4 teams will be out. After this, after the Super 4 matches, the final will be clashed between the top 2 teams on September 28.

Chris woakes and kamindu mendis: The first phase of the International League T20 (LT20) season 4 was held on Monday, July 7. In this league, teams will make a squad of 23 players, in which eight players can be retained or signed for direct franchisees. Auction is being done for the first time in this league. This league will start from December 4 and will run till 2 January.

These players joined Mi’s team

Mumbai Indians Emirates has included England star player Chris Woakes in his team. At the same time, Sri Lankan batsman Kamindu Mendis is also part of this team. The team also includes AM Gajanfar, Fazline Farooqui, Kusal Perera, Romio Shepherd, Tom Banton and Muhammad Wasim.

English player in KKR’s team

Two England batsmen Alex Hales and Liam Livingstone have been included in KKR’s franchise team Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. The part of this team is also accompanied by Sherfen Rutherford, Andre Russell, Charaith Asanka, Phil Salat, Sunil Naren and Alishan Sharafu.

These players involved in Dubai Capitals

The team of Dubai Capitals includes Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chamera, Gulbadin Naib, Rovman Powell, Shai Hope (Ritten), Luke Wood, Waqar Salamkhil and Muhammad Jawadullah.

Gulf Giats players

The team of Gulf Giants consists of Ajmatullah Umarzai, Moin Ali, Ayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Mujarbani, Gerhard Erasmus, James Vince, Mark Adire (Ritten) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Players join in the team of desert vipers

The team of Desert Wipers has Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Khuzima bin Tanveer, Lockey Ferguson, Max Holden, Sam Curren, Vanindu Hasranga (Riten) and Andrees Gouses.

Players of sharjah warriorz

The team of Sharjah Warriors includes Tim David, Johnson Charles, Kusal Mendis, Tim Southee, Tom Kohaler-Cadmore (Ritten), Mahesh Thikshana, Sikander Raza, and Saurabh Netrawalkar.

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The Indian Premier League season 18 is over, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first trophy by defeating Punjab Kings in the final. Krunal Pandya received the Player of the Match award in the final, Suryakumar Yadav was voted the best player of the tournament. Apart from this, players received awards in many different categories, in which an award was to catch the most spectacular catch in the tournament.

This time the player of Sri Lankan player has received the best catch award in IPL 2025, who caught a surprise catch in the match against Chennai Super Kings. These award winners are Kamindu Mendis, who were included in the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. In the CSK vs SRH match held on 25 April, he caught that difficult catch of Dewald Braceid.

Video of IPL 2025’s best catch

Kamindu Mendis was given a tough fight by his own compatriot Dushmanta Chamera for this award, he caught a difficult catch against KKR. However, Mendis received this award. With this, he also got a prize money of Rs 10 lakh.

Kamindu Mendis Dushmantha Chamera

We just can’t pick which catch was better!

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– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) April 29, 2025

Mendis was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakh in the auction. This was his debut season, in which he played a total of 5 matches. Mendis scored 92 runs and took 2 wickets. However, last year’s runner-up Sunrisers Hyderabad was the third team to be out first.

Who won Orange and Purple Cap

In IPL season 18, the Orange Cap and Purple Cap were won by both Gujarat Titans players. Sai Sudarshan got Orange and the famous Krishna got the purple cap, both got Rs 10-10 as a prize money. Sudarshan became the emerging player of this year, with this he also got 10 lakh rupees separately.

Kamindu mendis catch of the tournament ipl: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Kamindu Mendis has done wonders. He has catch a catch in the air in the style of Superman, from which he has submitted a claim for the ‘Catch of the Tournament’ in IPL 2025. In fact, Chennai Super Kings vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad match was played on Friday, in which CSK debutant Dewald Brevis Debut CSK was batting in a stormy style. His fifty was about to be completed, but due to the tremendous catch of Mendis, he was dismissed for 42 runs.

The catch came in the 13th over of CSK’s innings, in which Harshal Patel was bowling. On the fourth ball of the over, Brevis six had hit a six and on the next ball, he also tried to play a big shot. Brevis shot a shot towards the long-off with full force, but Kamindu Mendis, who was already posted there, caught a tremendous catch while flying in the air. After catching the catch, Mendis proudly showed his hands and told that he had taken a clean catch.

Only a catch like that could’ve stopped that Cameo from Brevis!

Kamindu Mendis, Take a Bow #CSK 119/6 after 14 overs.

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– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) April 25, 2025

Kavya Maran became impressed

Dewald Brevis scored 42 runs in 25 balls in this match, during which he also hit a four and 4 sixes. As soon as Kamindu Mendis caught incredible catch in the 13th over, the camera shifted to Kavya Maran. Kavya stood up and applauded for Mendis’ attempt. While commenting during the match, Ravi Shastri called it ‘Catch of the IPL’.

The eighth wonder is Kamindu Mendis!

Sri Lankan cricketer Kamindu Mendis is no less than the eighth wonder of the world. He equaled Don Bradman in terms of scoring the fastest 1,000 runs in Test cricket, Mendis had done this feat in 13 innings. Mendis also bowls bowling, the most amazing thing here is that they bowl with both hands. SRH bought him for Rs 75 lakh in mega auction.

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Kamindu Mendis Honeymoon Cancelled: The date of April 3, Thursday, when Kamindu Mendis made his IPL debut while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. This talented bowler of Sri Lanka bowling with both hands, he did something similar in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. His bat led to an innings of 27 runs and he also took a wicket in his debut match. But Mendis has also come into the limelight for another reason because due to his IPL debut, he gave up his honeymoon.

Married to girlfriends

Just a few days ago, in March 2025, Kamindu Mendis married his long-time girlfriend Nishani. The relationship of both has been in discussion for a long time and they got engaged in April last year. When married, Mendis wrote a beautiful message on a card and told that he is marrying his solmet and loves Nishani very much. Well after the wedding, now the famous wedding planner Pathum Gunavardna has informed about the cancellation of the honeymoon of Mendis.

Honeymoon postponed due to IPL

Pathum Gunavardna gave information about the honeymoon plan of Kamindu Mendis and said that Kamindu Mendis and Nishani had gone to Sri Lanka for a honeymoon at a place called Haputale. He did not plan a trip to abroad because Kamindu Mendis had to debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. Instead of honeymoon, it shows how much love this Sri Lankan player love cricket.

Kamindu Mendis scored 27 runs in his IPL debut match, also took one wicket for just 4 runs in an over. He remained in the discussion due to bowling with both hands. But Sunrisers could not save Hyderabad from the defeat of 80 runs. Let us know that this is Hyderabad’s biggest defeat in the Indian Premier League.

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Kamindu Mendis Bot Hands Bowling: The IPL gets strange talent every year. Now in IPL 2025, a player from Sunrisers Hyderabad has come into the limelight due to bowling with both hands. The match of Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders was played on Thursday, in which Kamindu Mendis has made his IPL debut. Actually, he has remained in the headlines due to bowling with both hands earlier too. Now he has also shown his talent to the IPL Universe. The amazing thing is that he has bowled in 2 different ways in the same over of the same match.

Kamindu Mendis is amazing talent

Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis also bowled with right and left hand in the match against KKR. This is the 12th over of Kolkata’s innings, in which Kamindu Mendis came to bowl. Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Venkatesh Iyer were present at the crease for KKR. While Raghuvanshi was playing, Mendis bowled with left hand. At the same time, when Venkatesh Iyer reached the strike and on the next ball, Mendis not only changed the angle but also surprised everyone by bowling with the right hand.

Kamindu Mendis Bowling Leg Break to Right Hand Batter and Off Spin to Left Handed Batters.AMAZING Talent#IPL2025
#KKRVSRH pic.twitter.com/8alhqqjiy2

– Shafeeq (@mrsaaaa18) April 3, 2025

Have also shown amazing against India

In July last year, a T20 series was played between India and Sri Lanka. At that time, in the match against Team India, Mendis bowled Suryakumar Yadav with his left hand, while when Rinku Singh was playing, Mendis started bowling with right hand.

The ICC rule says that if a bowler wants to bowl with both hands, then he will have to inform the umpire first. At the same time, whatever batsman stays on strikes end, he should also know from which hand the bowler is going to throw the ball. If the bowler bowling with the other hand without telling the umpire, then his ball will be called a no-ball.

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Kkr vs srh score 1st innings: Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 200 runs while playing first. KKR ended the innings in a stormy style after a very slow start. At one time it seemed difficult for Kolkata to reach 150 runs, but the 91 -run partnership between Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh made a strong comeback in the KKR match. Venkatesh Iyer scored 60 runs in a fierce manner, while Rinku Singh also returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi also put a fifty.

KKR hit 78 runs in 5 overs

The start for Kolkata Knight Riders was quite poor. Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine had returned to the pavilion till the score of 16. After that there was a partnership of 81 runs between Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, but the run speed was curbed. At one time Kolkata had scored 122 runs in 15 overs and it seemed almost impossible to score 200 runs.

From here Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh took command. On one hand, Iyer hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls while playing a stormy innings of 60 runs. At the same time, Rinku Singh returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs in 17 balls. Thanks to these two, Kolkata scored 78 runs in the last 5 overs to bring the team’s score to 200 runs. Actually, the foundation of Kolkata’s big score was laid by Angkrish Raghuvanshi, whose bat scored 50 runs in 32 balls.

Venkatesh Iyer’s form of 23 crores

Venkatesh Iyer was bought by KKR for Rs 23.75 crore in the mega auction. Iyer had so far been able to score only 9 runs in two innings of IPL 2025, but in the third innings he has shown his look of 23 crores. He has made the world aware of his ability by playing at a stormy strike rate of 206.9 in the match against Hyderabad.

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