Kusal Mendis
The remaining matches of the Indian Premier League, which was suspended due to increasing tension on the border between India and Pakistan, will start from May 17. Meanwhile, due to the new schedule, many foreign players will return to their country before the playoff match, including Jose Butler, who performed brilliantly this season for Gujarat Titans. In fact, the England team has to play a limited overs series against the West Indies at their home in which Butler will have to go back to participate. In view of this situation, Gujarat Titans have made Kusal Mendis a part of their squad for playoff matches as a replacement player in place of Butler.
Kusal Mendis will not go back to PSL
The Sri Lankan team’s explosive wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis was playing for the Quetta Gladiators team in the Pakistan Super League till last week in which he played the last match on 7 May. At the same time, according to the news of ESPN Cricinfo, Mendis will not return to play in the remaining PSL’s remaining matches in which he has expressed the possibility of threat to security. At the same time, he has now got a good chance in the IPL in which he wants to play for a long time. The Gujarat Titans team may not have officially confirmed their place for the playoffs yet, but they are currently holding the first number with 8 wins in 11 matches in the points table and will be fully confirmed for the playoffs as soon as they win. Gujarat is yet to play three more matches in the league stage, in which their next match will be with the team of Delhi Capitals on 18 May.
Such has been the T20 career of Kusal Mendis so far
Talking about the Kusal Mendis T20 career, he has played 172 matches so far, in which he has managed to score 4718 runs at an average of 30.24, while his bat has also seen 2 centuries and 32 half -century innings, besides Mendis has a strike rate of 137.43 in T20. In such a situation, Mendis can prove to be a better option for Gujarat as a wicketkeeper batsman instead of Butler.
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