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Kusal Mendis, who scored the first century (109) by a Sri Lankan in PSL history against Karachi Kings yesterday, proved once again today that his dangerous form has not stopped.
Mendis, who took the field against Lahore Qalandars today, did not forgive their bowlers and managed to score a quick 74 runs in 48 balls with a beautiful attack that did not forgive their bowlers.
Mendis’ innings data today:
Runs: 74 (in 48 balls)
Fours: 5
Sixes: 4
Strike rate: 154.17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kusal Mendis, who scored the first century (109) by a Sri Lankan in PSL history against Karachi Kings yesterday, proved once again today that his dangerous form has not stopped.Mendis, who took the field against Lahore Qalandars today, did not forgive their bowlers and managed to score a quick 74 runs in 48 balls with…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,60,57],"tags":[2902,169,2851,1513],"class_list":["post-11479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-international-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-karachi-kings","tag-kusal-mendis","tag-lahore-qalandars","tag-psl"],"yoast_head":"\nFirst century by a Sri Lankan in PSL history against Karachi Kings - 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