# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeevan-mendis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:57:34.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeevan-mendis"
name: "Jeevan Mendis"
slug: "jeevan-mendis"
description: "Balapuwaduge Manukulasuriya Amith Jeevan Mendis is a former Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who played limited over internationals. An all-rounder who bowls leg spin, Mendis has represented Sri Lanka in the 2012 World Twenty20 and 2015 World Cup. Domestically, he plays for Tamil Union in Sri Lanka, and he has also played for Derbyshire in England during 2017. Mendis announced his retirement from international cricket on 28 December 2021 and migrated to Australia."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1983-01-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             18.08457711442786
  historical:           8.876134666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "jeevanmendis"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump