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RTM Mendis
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
RTM Mendis — 43 career matches, 688 runs and 89 wickets across all formats.
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RTMMENDIS
Bat Avg
19.7
Bowl Avg
30.4
Career stats overview
16 Test · 27 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
16 matches
408
Runs scored
71
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
T20I
27 matches
280
Runs scored
18
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 RTM Mendis has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Jaffna Kings
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 84
- Wickets
- 4
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 60
- Wickets
- 9
India
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 32
- Wickets
- 2
Pakistan
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 203
- Wickets
- 18
Australia
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 79
- Wickets
- 9
Badureliya Sports Club
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 13
- Wickets
- 3
Bloomfield Cricket And Athletic Club
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 36
- Wickets
- 2
Colombo Cricket Club
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 29
- Wickets
- 2
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where RTM Mendis has turned out most often.
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 205
- Wickets
- 10
Galle International Stadium
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 313
- Wickets
- 64
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 87
- Wickets
- 10
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa
- Matches
- 5
- Runs
- 59
- Wickets
- 6
P Sara Oval
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 92
- Wickets
- 7
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Matches
- 3
- Runs
- 66
- Wickets
- 4
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
- Matches
- 2
- Runs
- 18
- Wickets
- 3
Army Ground
- Matches
- 1
- Runs
- 4
- 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.