Today is the 43rd Birthday of Sri Lanka's legendary player,former Cricketer Mahela Jayawardene. He played for Sri Lanka from 1997-2015 in International Cricket.

Mahela Jayawardene played in 149 Test matches for Sri Lanka. He scored 11814 runs with an average of 49.8. He contributed for the 624 runs partnership with Kumar Sangakkara for 3rd wicket in 2006 vs South Africa. During that game he scored 374 runs, which is his highest Test score.

Mahela also scored 12650 runs in 448 ODI games. Mahela Jayawardene was the first Sri Lankan batsman to score a century in T20 international Cricket. He reached this landmark in 2010 vs Zimbabwe.

Mahela was an aggresive player & a captain. Under his captaincy, Sri Lanka became the runners up in ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 & ICC World T20 2012. Mahela's last T20 international was the ICC WT20 2014 Final, when Sri Lanka crowned as the World Champions.

Mahela Jayawardene is now working as the Head Coach in Mumbai Indians since 2017. Under his coaching Mumbai Indians won 2 IPL trophies in 2017 & 2019.

Happy Birthday Mahela Jayawardene!