Why is there this much Hype on Ajantha Mendis ??

Question

All the media is praising him... he is only a bowler who got lucky!!

Answer 1

I don't think he is any better than Murali. It just the beginning, and many of them always makes an impression at the start, some fade away quickly, some stay for long.

Answer 2

yea because he balls 6 kinds of different balls in a over and that surprise the batsman

Answer 3

they say he got a wierd bowling action...... so it takes time for normal being to get used to  wierd things ....lol

Answer 4

Where were you when Indian batting lineup was falling like nine pins against this "hyped" Ajantha Mendis ?

There is no hype kiddo, he is an excellent gifted bowler who needs to be given due respect, unless you can maybe play him better than the experienced Indian batting lineup ...

Answer 5

what about Kumble getting lucky when Indian umpires helped getting him that fluky 10 wickets haul~

lol~

Answer 6

I have no axe to grind in this argument - not Indian or Sri Lankan but after seeing AM perform against India I was impressed. I don't think he got lucky at all. He bowled well to a batting line up under increasing pressure and they surrendered.

Before he's declared the bowling prodigy of all time, give it some time to see if he continues.  After all he only had a few 1st class matches. Batsmen will become more used to him and it will be interesting if they work him out  or he still is able to dominate.

There is bound to be media hype around a good performances. My advice is to ignore it.  Media are always looking for a good story and will usually write anything to get readership.

His action is not new but it is difficult to master.  The action puts a lot of strain on the middle finger, so over time it will be interesting to see if he has chronic strain injuries.  I can think of two Test cricketers who bowled with the same action, one lasted 5 tests and the other almost 30. The point is that the didn't last long in the Test arena.  I hope the AM lasts longer than that.

Answer 7

even our Indian players are over-hyped so instead of being jealous on opposition's good performers we should respect him and give him reply through bat and not abuses.

I am disappointed with Kumble who is behaving like ponting saying his batsman will tame Mendis.In earlier series against australia,Ponting said that Indian bowlers are so average that he can hit them out of park at any day.But what happened after that is history.By passing such comments, he is inviting Mendis's wrath through bowling.

Answer 8

Well you may argue that since he has played only 8 matches but you have to keep in mind that Mendis was all over India in the Asia Cup Finals. Even MS Dhoni accepted that they had no clue to play Mendis. If you had not seen the matches of Asia Cup, then well you missed some serious bowling perfromances from this Man...Mendis.

Answer 9

Ajantha Mendis  bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is.  However, I strongly feel that when batsmen get used to playing him the hype about him will get evaporated.

Answer 10

I really wanted India to win the Asia Cup! But the Indian batsmen had a hard time in the final due to Mendis. He is being praised becoz he performed brilliantly against probably the best batting line-up in the world! I think he deserves to be praised!

Answer 11

No, if he got lucky then he wouldn't be consistent. He got 6 wickets with 13 runs in 9 overs. That's amazing...and soooo hard, but we don't understand cause we don't play cricket. Plus, no batsmen can read him as of this point in time...so he just can't be lucky, and if I were apart of the media, then I'd be praising him too.

Answer 12

Noope .. Look his Domestic record.. he got something special... so that y he step in International cricket with Hype