Angelo Mathews

Individual Information 

Born                      June 02 1987
Birth Place            ColomboNickname              Mathews
Height                    - -
Role                       Batting Allrounder
Batting Style         Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style        Right-arm quick medium

Batting Career Iformation

Bowlling Career Summary

Profession Information 

Test debut:      Jul 04, 2009, versus Pakistan, Galle International Stadium

ODI debut:     Nov 28, 2008, versus Zimbabwe, Harare Sports Club

T20 debut:      Jun 08, 2009, versus Australia, Trent Bridge

IPL debut:   vs Chennai Super Kings, Apr 25, 2009, Newlands

Profile 

A decent allrounder, Angelo Mathews, made his worldwide presentation against Zimbabwe in November 2008. He is equipped for batting anyplace in the center request and is a helpful medium pace bowler. Such has been Mathews' effect, that he has turned into a customary part in every one of the three configurations of the diversion and has likewise captained the Sri Lankan side with levelheadedness. 

Unbelievably capable and smart, Mathews is great at adjusting to various circumstances, in spite of his naiveté. He played for the Sri Lanka Under-19s when he was only 16 and captained the group in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup. 

He made his First-Class debut in 2007-08, however just had an effect in his second season, heaping up 696 keeps running at 58 for Colts CC, which prompted his incorporation in the Sri Lanka "A" side. On the visit to South Africa, Mathews scored an unbeaten 99 with his group pursuing 250. His mentor, Chandika Hathurasingha, called it an adult innings and utilizations that innings as a decent case for each player to gain from. 

In his short profession in this way, Mathews has set up some wonderful exhibitions. The 51 against New Zealand in September 2008 caused Sri Lanka to beat the brave Kiwis. He was included in a match-winning 137-run stand with Thilan Samaraweera in that amusement. In the precise next match, the marquee allrounder went through the Indian center request as he grabbed a vocation best 6/19. 

There was no thinking back as Mathews moved from quality to-quality. His cool air and solid strategic nous got him the Sri Lankan Test captaincy in February 2013. Having for quite some time been the beneficiary clear, Mathews assumed control over the reins from Mahela Jayawardene after the last communicated his hesitance to bear on taking after the Australian visit. 

Mathews has absolutely driven from the front. He has pulled off a few heists as a finisher in restricted overs cricket with the emerge execution being his stellar 77 not out, prodding Sri Lanka to upgrade Australia's 239 from a disastrous 107-8. His 132-run organization together with Lasith Malinga would rank amongst the amusement's most prominent rearguard activities. He is one of the not very many players, who can loan both counterweight and fillip to an innings. In spite of a couple of genuine leg wounds, Mathews keeps on rocking the bowling alley with verve and reason. He as a rule works in the center overs, endeavoring to crush the resistance with his nippy cutters in spite of the fact that, he is no more bizarre towards boring the new ball. 

Be that as it may, he was rendered inadequate in his Indian T20 League stretches with Kolkata and the now-dead Pune, before having no takers in the 2014 closeout. Mathews had an astounding 2014. He drove Sri Lanka to their fifth Asia Cup title in March 2014. He then hit back to back hundreds of years against England at Lord's and Headingley to seal Sri Lanka's first-ever Test arrangement win in England. Under him, Sri Lanka additionally won the ODI arrangement 3-2. The England visit was trailed by a 2-0 win over Pakistan at home. 

Mathews scored his first ODI ton against India in November 2014, be that as it may, Sri Lanka were beaten by Virat Kohli's splendor and lost the amusement. They along these lines went ahead to lose every one of the five ODIs, one of their greatest misfortunes in a two-sided arrangement. Mathews went under parcel of fire after Sri Lanka endured monstrous thrashings against New Zealand in the Test arrangement in 2014-15 and they were not ready to spare the ODI arrangement also. 

Mathews execution in the 2015 World Cup left a great deal to be sought. He, be that as it may, scored the second quickest fifty by a Sri Lankan in ODIs against Scotland in their last Pool An installation. His fifty fell off only 20 balls. Mathew's captaincy was scrutinized after Sri Lanka tamely bowed against South Africa in the quarter-last. This annihilation was Sri Lanka's first lost in World Cups after 2003, without achieving the semi-finals. 

Mathews was purchased by the Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 IPL closeout for a total of Rs. 7.5 crores. 

Lesser known realities about Mathews: 

1. Mathews wedded long-term sweetheart Heshani Silva in a Colombo church in July 2013 

2. In November 2010, Angelo Mathews was named " Personality of the year' by living magazine in Sri Lanka