Ambidextrous Kamindu Mendis turns heads on his IPL debut. Confuses batters and fans.

Making his IPL debut for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kamindu Mendis has made people puzzled. The reason for it is very unique. People have only one question: Which hand does he use? The answer is: Both.

Ambidextrous Mendis

Mendis possesses a skill that is very rarely seen in the world of cricket. He is an ambidextrous player. This means that he can play with both hands. Thus, as a right-hand bowler, he bowls traditional off-spin. However, he also bowls with his left hand as a slow left-arm spinner.

2016 U-19 World Cup

Mendis gained the limelight in 2016. Playing for the under-19 Sri Lankan team, people noticed that he could bowl with both hands. Fans were amazed by his unique ability. He gained world attention soon.

True all-rounder

Kamindu Mendis is an all-rounder in the true sense. He bats well and has an average of 62.32 in Tests. As a bowler, he averages 36.67, although he has bowled only 20 overs in his career so far. Moreover, he bowls with both hands and is a gun fielder.

Menace to batters

Facing a bowler like Mendis becomes excessively tough for batters. It is a usual pattern in cricket that right-handed batters find it tougher to face slow left-arm spin than spin than right-arm off spin. Similarly, left-handed batters find facing right-arm off-spin tougher than slow left-arm spin. The reason behind this is that for right-handers, the left-arm spin goes away instead of coming in. Similarly, for left-handers, right-arm off-spin goes away instead of coming in. This makes it tougher for them.

Mendis can exploit this well with his ambidextrous bowling. To the right-handed batters, he bowls with his left arm. On the other hand, when he faces a left-handed batter, he bowls his right-arm off-spin.

First wicket in IPL

Kamindu Mendis made sure to take a wicket in his first match. Although he bowled just one over in the match, he took the prized scalp of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Raghuvanshi was batting well and had scored a half-century. Mendis bowled slow left-arm spin to the right-hander and got his wicket.

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