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Legend has it that Splendid was conceived at the foot of the mythical Adams peak. Thus people believe this is where Mendis draws his supernatural powers, enabling him to run through a batting line up with a mere flick of his fingers. When Splendid Mendis entered this mortal earth, it is said that that he thanked his mother for her troubles and told his dad “Ill take it from here”. Splendid then proceeded to create a horse drawn carriage from a few sticks outside the hospital and pulled the thing himself with his parents on board and took them home. He later returned to pick up his dads car from the car park. At age 7 Splendid Mendis’s legend was known only to a select few in the outer regions of the country. But all that changed over night when, playing back yard cricket with his friends, Splendid dismissed the entire opposition by himself. That alone might not seem that impressive. But when he repeated the same 10 times over in the next 10 games everyone took notice. 3 years later , 10 year old Splendid completed his degrees. When he wanted to do a octagon degree – a combination of 8 different disciplines, no university offered it. So he studied in 25 universities at the same time and completed 25 different degrees. It was a combination of Mechanics, Mechatronics, Advanced Physics, Biology and some other thing even we cant pronounce. For his dissertation he did part time consultancy for NASA and promptly discovered a new universe. NASA offered to call it the Splendid Universe but Mendis shied away from the spot light. Splendid was a humble man from the beginning. At age 11 Splendid was picked by the Australian Cricket team and offered Aussie citizenship. He declined and instead went on to join the Sri Lankan army. Both the cricket team and military. Mendis once destroyed an entire fleet of rebel battleships with nothing but a leather ball and a flick of his legendary fingers. When not destroying rebel battalions Splendid was destroying batting line ups in club cricket at 12. He has taken a 1000 wickets in every season he has played in with a average of –(minus) 155. A recent poll conducted revealed that 99.99% of the males in Sri Lanka want to be Splendid Mendis. The 0.01% was Mendis himself. Another poll revealed that 87% of the worlds women want to sleep with Splendid. 100% of the men want the same. Mendis can drink 50 kegs of beer in one go. And still do 100 Everclear shots one after the other. Splendid was in fact picked for the Sri Lankan test team at age 13 but he declined as he dint want to steal the spotlight from Murali. The official name for Sri Lanka is actually The Republique of Ajantha Splendid Mendis, but its more commonly know as Sri Lanka, which is one of the many nick names for Splendid Mendis. The Large Hadron Collider project was actually in ruins before Splendid offered his help. He dug the tunnel and connected the tubes in 15 minutes. The first particle they will collide will be Splendid running in opposite direction at the same time. The Sri Lankan test team hired Mendis as a bowling Machine as net practice for their test tours to India but soon gave up the plan after 300 000 balls of playing and missing. Splendid coached Terry Jenner. His bowling average has reached minus infinity. Thrice. Shane Warne said he was glad he is not playing in the Era of The Splendid. Splendid doesn't use pick up lines. He merely looks at women and they want give him their number. Women have been asked not to look directly into his eyes. If they do they will shudder with multiple orgasms. Splendid has been nominated and has won the greatest human ever award in each of his 20 years on earth. This has largely gone unnoticed to the world because he has requested that his name be kept out of the papers. And Finally, Don Bradman has said that he would never have got a test run if Splendid had been around when he played.
These are but a mere snippet of the folklore surrounding the great man.
Many of his legendary feats have been lost through the times or been forgotten. However flyslip has dedicated himself to unveiling all the great stories surrounding Splendid.
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Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis will turn up for Rajasthan in the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season. The BCCI had recently allowed each state to rope in an international player in a bid to improve the status of the country's biggest domestic competition and Rajasthan seems to have made a big scoop in this regard. RCA sources confirmed that talks are on with Mendis and the deal is almost finalised. Mendis though first has to get a clearance from the Sri Lankan Army team, which he represents in the country's domestic competitions. The mystery spinner had bamboozled India with a six-wicket haul in the Asia Cup final and continued to trouble India during the Test series in Sri Lanka. He took an astonishing 26 wickets in just three Tests and carried on with his good form in the following five ODIs snapping 14 wickets. He was also honoured in the recent ICC awards ceremony. Bengal has already roped in the services of Mendis' teammate and ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
The recently concluded four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Canada has made Sri Lanka's 23-year-old mystery bowler Ajantha Mendis richer. "He (Mendis) has been awarded an apartment in UAE," Atul Ahuja, Cricket Canada's CEO said from Toronto. "Mendis has been given this special prize by the sponsors (Al Barakah) of the tournament," he said. "The details of allotting the apartment in Ajman (UAE) is being worked out," he added. Mendis, who has had a sensational start to his international career, took 26 wickets in his debut Test series against India. The mystery spinner also bagged the man of the series award in the T20 competition, which Sri Lanka won by beating Pakistan in the final.
TORONTO, Oct. 13 (APP):- Sri Lanka lifted the inaugural Al-Barakah Twenty20 Canada Cup Cricket Championship at Maple Leaf Stadium on Monday in style with five wickets win over Pakistan in the final with Ajantha Mendis and Sanath Jayasuriya leading the way. Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis captured top wickets for 23 runs in four over as Pakistan inserted to bat first, were restricted to 132 for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. Sri Lanka after little hiccups in reply romped home for the loss of five wickets with one over to spare. Veteran Jayasuriya set the tune for victory with a dazzling knock of 40 in 34 balls with three 4s and brace of 6s, providing Sri Lanka a flying start of 66 runs in seven overs with fellow opener Mahela Udawatte, who smashed three boundaries and one six his 19 ball knock of 25. Pakistan pace trio of Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul made a disappointing start with their wayward bowling. Akhtar was smashed for boundary by Jayasuriya and then pulled him for two back to back sixes into the mid wicket stand Gul conceded 17 in his first over. Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik put Pakistan back into the game with three quick wickets. Udawatte beaten in the flight by Afridi and was caught by Shoaib Akhtar at long-off. Malik then bowled Jayasuriya round his legs and picked up the all important wicket of Jayewardene for five. Lankans were slightly under pressure at 94-4 in 14th over. Though Gul clean bowled Weeraretne for 12 with two boundaries to make it 115-5. But Kapugedera made steady undefeated 17 to steer his team to their first triumph against Pakistan in twenty20 international. It was a sweet revenge for the Lankans in front of estimated crowed of 10,000 after they lost their league round match to Pakistan two-days ago due to heroics from skipper Shoaib Malik and Fawad Alam. But this time Pakistan failed to repeat their magic with the return of Captain Mahela Jayawardene and Mendis. CEO of Al-Barakah Imran Khan and Pakistan High Commissioner in Canada Moosa Chohan presented the glittering golden trophy to Sri Lankan Captain Jayawardene with cash prize of Canadian$60,000 while Shoaib Malik collected C$30,000. Man of the final Jayasuriya got the brand new Ford Focus Car key from Zakir Bhay. Man of the series Ajantha Mendis got apartment key in Ajman. Earlier southpaw opener Salman Butt held Pakistan innings together with an enterprising 44 off 41 balls laced with four boundaries and one six. Ajantha Mendis caused the trouble in Pakistan batting ranks With three wickets to end the event with 11 scalps to his credit in the competition.
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