Ajantha Mendis 6-13 in Asia Cup Final vs India

[HighLordBlaze]

@FlyingPig1902 "Sri Lanka does not have the luxury of picking from a vast pool of match-winning bowlers. Therefore, they should handle with care the few that they possess.

They, however, inexplicably resigned to the myth that Mendis was conquered and dealt a blow to his morale by leaving him out of crucial matches against batsmen who may have got the better of him in previous encounters."

[livefreealws]

In this match he proved to be a mysteriously dangerous bowler to the top and middle order batsmen. But tailenders like Ishant played him much better. They stopped the ball 2 foots before reaching to the pads and getting any turn.

[TheCenarockz]

is that lbw out?

[FlyingPig1902]

Mendis is trash. Once batsmen figured out that he doesn't turn a single ball and bowls stump to stump, they started smacking him around. Sri Lanka didn't even the balls to play him in the World Cup final, and this was after he played throughout the entire tournament.

[TheCenarockz]

@FlyingPig1902 don't be jeolous. if u really think he is trash, keep it to ur self.

and he doesn't turn the ball?!!?! u must be dreaming or u must be !@:#!@

tell me which nationality u r and then u will c how it feels to be spoken bad about ur country heroes. @!#">@!!@

[HighLordBlaze]

@FlyingPig1902 mendis wasnt used in the final because some dickhead up at our board had that particular opinion. Just because he was "figured out" by batsmen doesnt make him useless. Every bowler gets "figured out" eventually. Stop parroting stuff you hear in the media and come back with something original to say.

[FlyingPig1902]

@HighLordBlaze

Not as quickly as this guy. And the board was behind that decision? LOL. Source please. I would think Nangakkara was behind it, and that's fair enough, because Randiv bowled well against India.

[HighLordBlaze]

@FlyingPig1902 thats from islandcricket. c o m, one of the few sports media outlets from sri lanka that, come to think of it, put this matter very lightly, considering the political implications of openly criticizing the government-controlled board. and they're right. mendis had a decent world cup, and randiv just didnt perform in the final. he should've been given the chance, but the Board decided they knew better. Sangakkara... well, he and the board never saw eye to eye on the selections

[FlyingPig1902]

@HighLordBlaze

I don't see anything in the article indicating that it was specifically a board-mandated decision. As the author put it, it was merely a 'horses for courses' selection policy. The team felt Randiv gave them a better chance to win that final because Mendis hadn't done anything against India after his first couple of games in 08.

[trazorbullet]

I'm an indian and i feel playing ajantha mendis in final in a stiff run chase would have made things difficult for India.

[wiithepeople2]

So this guy is like the Eric Gagne of cricket. Interesting.

[redparrot99]

Good bowler best infact I believe despite the fact of harbie and anil

Pakistan and sri Lanka have produced the best spinners in the world for example

Saqlain, mushi, qadir, ajmal, danish, Iqbal Sri Lanka with

Murali, ajantha, even jayasuriya

Pakistan undoubtfully produced the best pacers imran, wasim, waqar, aaqib, akthar, Sami and the well known but now destroyed aamir and asif

Hence I said produced because not alot of pace is happening now but we are known for our never ending line of pa

[trex0021]

@philchelt he apparently has a back injury

[altafnazir]

remove that bloody banner from the video.

[007611007611]

Shit

[007611007611]

This guy is shot now all batsmen play him as a medium pacer bcoz he doesn't spin the ball much

[amoulana11]

who won this match?

[kcherath]

@amoulana11 sri lanka...

[krishthedude1]

He got 6-14 in t20 match v Aussies and created a world record for being the 1st guy getting six wicketsin t20. Looks like India, Aussie, etc have to surrender to his mystery bowling again

[gambitt101]

@krishthedude1 He has never been successful against pakistani batsman.. remember t20 final.. but an awesome bowler none the less.. 

[0208hasan]

@gambitt101 Yhh tru .. Mendis is an awsome bowler but against Pakistanis his mystery gets smacked .. Pakistani batsmen are the best vs Spin .. Mendis is a superb bowler no doubt in that but against Pakistanis he gets smacked

[caabhaygoel]

he was the best performer for lanka during the whole wc, still sanga didn include him in the team 4 finals, coz he kno ye saale baap hai,iski maa bhen kar dengee.lolssss

[dhruv414]

well i respect mendis but first hes used to be great vs india but now....SIX! 666666 this is what used to happen WW1..W (just guessing dont blame me) ps great proformance by dhoni in final

[MrBillybent101]

shame everybody has figured him out nowadays, hes being tracked all over the park

[krikbestplayer34]

i m india but this guy is just amazing.. never seen such a talent..

[mentalmidget23]

the same goal that india needed to win the world cup

they shuda played mendis if they wanted to win the world cup

[Himhippo]

WHY didn't Mendis bowl in the WC2011 Final :(

[cray0308]

@Himhippo because the indians started picking his bowling apart from the second season. he got carted all over the ground.

[crazycurry90]

lol what they didn't show is that the next ball should've been LBW but taufel didn't give it out...would've gave mendis a hat trick and a 7-for!

hope he/any of the other bowlers can pulls some rabbits out of the hat tomorrow night!!!

[cheekasri]

@crazycurry90

hmm...so, how are enjoying srilank'a defeat at the hands of India in Worldcup 2011 final? :P

[crazycurry90]

@cheekasri not too well to be honest :P haha extremely well played by india - my respect for dhoni has increased tenfold after that innings

[PsychoMenkz]

@cheekasri a typical Indian comment

[cheekasri]

@PsychoMenkz

You took it out of context...It was on the second night, after crazycurry made his comment.

Agreed, it was caustic, but he/she was asking for it.

your generic comment, however shows your maturity.

Ajanta is a good bowler and was a revelation during that asia cup.

[vahshehzadeh]

well Ajantha Mendis is brilliant.

when he got first wicket it was a sign of surity that now india culd not take the hunt..

by the way i m from Pakistan

[Sachin5491]

go lions go

[1980Anjana]

Still he is so effective compared to bowlers like Harbajan! Mendis got 82 wickets in 44 innings at an average of 19.59!!!!!

[PakissPower]

@ 1:46 commentator says look it thatt.... AND me too will say really look at that :)

[donkalnash]

was better in early days... but got butchered badly by Yusuf pathan in IPL. no charm now-a-days

[libindraj]

v got u on 24/12/09

[itz4cool]

All That Are Before Guyz Now Most Of The Cricketers Know His Finger Tricks!

So.....Not Any More!!!!

But I Like Ajantha Mendis

[chintufellow]

why the hell do you have to go onto religion u piece of shit

[swqaq]

fuck ur mother as hard as our strength

dont get up to religion or i ll kill every fuckin mother pussy of urs with a hard cock m ade of steel

bastard fuck ur mother

[123343232]

awesome bowling

[KyotoBloom]

I support England , but If he ever bowls to anyone rather than Michael Vaughan I guess they'll have to surrender to this brilliant bowler.

[akib123456]

brilliant bowling! he is too hot for the batsmen to handle! wanna see him aginst other countries esp. england!

[siddhusiddharth22]

brilliant bowling

[maxx1395]

he got, on a 3 test series a 6/13 and a ten fa and an 8 fa.......all on his debut test series!!

[pbl786]

brilliant bowling