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Indian ODI team played me well: Mendis

By thedarknight ⋅ September 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ajantha Mendis says M S Dhoni and his boys read him well in the just-concluded ODI series but the Sri Lankan mystery spinner claims he at least managed to straitjacket the aggressive Indian batsmen.
“It should be like that. Talented batsmen learn quickly and correct their mistakes,” said Mendis, admitting that the Indians found him relatively […]

Mendis easy to play now: Rohit Sharma

By thedarknight ⋅ September 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian middle-order batsman Rohit ot Sharma thinks that the Indian players will now have no problems playing the mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in any future series after having played him with relative ease in the recent ODIs against Sri Lanka.
“You might have seen what happened in the one-day series (in Sri Lanka). He did not […]

Sehwag toughest Indian batsman: Mendis

By thedarknight ⋅ September 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis says that swashbuckling right-hander Virender Sehwag was the only Indian batsman he found difficult to bowl to in the recently-concluded India’s tour of Sri Lanka.
“There was not much of a difference in bowling to most of the Indian batsmen. Their style was similar. But Virender Sehwag was the toughest […]

India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

By nj ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the past. The Indians had the upper […]

Kapil says Mendis is overhyped

By thedarknight ⋅ August 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Legendary Kapil Dev on Thursday praised Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis for his splendid show against India so far but felt it was all being over-hyped.
“No doubt that Mendis’ performance in the on-going India-Sri Lanka series is very good but media has highlighted him a bit too prominently. It is too early to say if […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Preview

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Dambulla tomorrow and they know that it is now or never time for the team. For the past two months, the Sri Lankans have had the better of their neighbours as one after the other, batsmen have come and gone out to the guile of […]

Mendis not a permanent threat: Dhoni

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain has said that though Ajantha Mendis is an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah Muralitharan, he will cease to be a permanent threat to the Indian batsmen, sooner or later.
“With time batsmen will get used to playing him. Even Murali some seven-eight years back was really difficult,” Dhoni said. […]

Sri Lanka beat India, 1st ODI: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets in the first ODI at Dambulla and took a 1-0 lead in the five match series.
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After having won the toss, India elected to bat first but were crippled from the start itself as dashing opener Virender Sehwag was missing in action due to an ankle injury sustained in […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI: India out for 146

By thedarknight ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India were shot out for a paltry 146 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Dambulla. Captain MS Dhoni opted to bat first after winning the toss and he would have hoped for a better showing than this, even though the team was missing dashing opener Virender Sehwag.
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In his absence, Gambhir and debutant Virat […]

I have no special plans for ODIs: Mendis

By thedarknight ⋅ August 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka’s mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis is the man to watch in the one-day series against India that starts on Monday after setting a record for the number of wickets in his first three test series.
He said, “I haven’t drawn out any special plan for the ODI series. I am only trying to do what […]

Countering Mendis is upto individual players: Dhoni

By thedarknight ⋅ August 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As he landed in Sri Lanka, Indian skipper MS Dhoni faced the enormity of the task that is battinga against Ajantha Mendis, and he began on a lighter note, when asked what plans he had to counter the mystery spinner.
“I’ll just ask Mahela Jayawardene if he will lend Mendis for a couple of practice sessions. […]

Mendis is not unplayable: Yuvraj

By thedarknight ⋅ August 13, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India’s One-Day vice-captain Yuvraj Singh is confident that Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis can be tamed.
“Mendis has really bowled well in the Tests and his confidence must be sky-high. Along with Muralitharan, they form a very potent attack but he is not unplayable and we are working on a game-plan to counter him during […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India could not have asked for a better beginning on day one of the third test match at Colombo when they won the toss on a placid wicket with a chance to fight the Lankan spinners and put up a huge total. And they started off well again with Sehwag and Gambhir putting up 51 […]

Mendis out bowled me: Muralitharan

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Muttiah Muralitharan has gotten candid in his column that new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis has out bowled him against India in the three test series and that it was now apparent that he is the heir to his throne.
“I thought I bowled pretty well for my 21 wickets in the series but I was out-bowled […]

Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets; series 2-1

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka won the third test against India at the PSS ground in Colombo by eight wickets and that too inside eight days.
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On the fourth day, India started a fight back with Dravid and Laxman at the crease, but Dravid was out once he got his fifty. Laxman though carried on reaching his own fifty […]

Mendis no mystery anymore: Gambhir

By thedarknight ⋅ August 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian batsmen have finally unlocked the Ajantha Mendis code, says opener Gautam Gambhir, while revealing that the trick lies in watching the mystery spinner’s fingers at the time of delivery.
After wrecking the line-up in the opening Test and in the first innings of the ongoing second Test, Mendis finally came in for some attack in […]

Mendis has made a great start: Murali

By chetannarula ⋅ August 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

World’s highest Test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan has said that his young teammate Ajantha Mendis’ start to his Test career is better than that of his own and Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne’s had been.
“Ajantha Mendis was once again exceptional and fully deserved his first five-wicket haul in Tests. It took a while for me and Shane […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test: Day 2

By chetannarula ⋅ August 1, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka fought to 215 for 5 at the end of the day’s play in the second test match against India at Galle.
The hosts lost opener Michael Vandort in the very first over but recovered to some extent through a 133-run second wicket partnership between Malinda Warnapura (66) and Kumar Sangakkara (68) even though they […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd Test: Preview

By chetannarula ⋅ July 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India and Sri Lanka go head to head at the Galle cricket stadium in the 2nd test of the current series, starting tomorrow. It is only the second test match being held at this venue after it was ravaged by the tsunami in 2004.
Sri Lanka will look to wrap up the series here itself, and […]

Mendis is Sri Lanka’s future: Murali

By chetannarula ⋅ July 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka’s man of the match against India in the first test, Muttiah Muralitharan heaped praise on his new spin partner, the debutant spinner Ajantha Mendis, who bamboozled the Indians with his bag of tricks in the first cricket Test.
While Murali got his 64th and 65th five wicket hauls taking 11 wickets in the […]

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