Facts: - testcap: 109 - source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/142/142472/142472.html cricketarchive - role: bowler - lasttestdate: 24-28 july - fivefor: 4 3 18 5 2 - country: sri lanka - bowling: right-arm off spin , leg spin - birth date: 11 march 1985 - odidebutagainst: west indies - tidebutagainst: zimbabwe - deliveries: 4,730 4,010 12,843 6,999 885 - lasttiagainst: england - odidebutdate: 10 april - tidebutyear: 2008 - columns: 4 - heightft: 5 - s/s: 0/1 0/0 1/3 0/2 0/0 - club: wayamba nagas pune warriors sri lanka army somerset kolkata knight riders nagenahira - year: 2007 2009 2012 2013 2008 -- present 2006 -- present 2011 2008 -- - lasttiyear: 2014 - school: moratu maha vidyalaya - testdebutdate: 23-26 july - name: ajantha mendis - lastodiagainst: england - birth place: moratuwa , sri lanka - tidebutdate: 10 october - date: 1985 3 11 yes - odicap: 134 - testdebutyear: 2008 - international: true - column: test odi fc la t20i - catches/stumpings: 2 29 / -- 6 / -- / -- 15 / -- 22 / -- - odishirt: 40 - fullname: balapuwaduge ajantha winslow mendis - lastodidate: 10 december - tenfor: 1 n/a 3 n/a n/a - lasttidate: 27 may - lastodiyear: 2014 - odidebutyear: 2008 - matches: 19 83 65 146 39 - ticap: 22 - testdebutagainst: india - heightinch: 11 - batting: right-handed - runs: 213 163 1,288 654 8 - wickets: 70 148 302 278 66 - lasttestyear: 2014 - lasttestagainst: south africa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ajantha mendis .
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balapuwaduge ajantha winslo mendis -lrb- born 11 march 1985 in moratuwa -rrb- known as ajantha mendis is a professional sri lankan cricketer who plays for odis , tests and t20is for sri lankan national cricket team .he is known as the '' mystery spinner '' due to the unusual bowling action and widely regarded as one of the best twenty20 bowlers in the world arena .mendis made his one day international debut against the west indies at port of spain in 2008 and took 3 for 39 .he also plays for the kolkata knight riders in the indian premier league .his first test match was against india at colombo on 23 july 2008 in which he returned match figures of 8 -- 132 , thereby becoming the first sri lankan bowler to get an eight-wicket haul on test debut .mendis won the emerging player of the year award at the lg icc awards ceremony held in dubai in september 2008 .on 3 march 2009 , the bus that carried the sri lankan cricketers to the gaddafi stadium in lahore , for the third day 's play of the second test match between sri lanka and pakistan , was fired at by masked gunmen .mendis was among seven sri lankan cricketers who were injured in the attack , which killed five policemen who guarded the bus .he is the only bowler to have taken six wickets in a twenty20 international , and he has achieved the feat twice , claiming the world record figures of 6 wickets for 8 runs for sri lanka against zimbabwe on 18 september 2012 .on 26 october 2012 ajantha mendis received the sri lankan order of bantu , the highest civilian honour in sri lanka .