Mahendra Kasippillai

Mahendra Kasippillai (21 September 1927 – 4 April 1998) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer.

Mahendra Kasippillai

Personal information
Full name	Mahendra Kasippillai
Born	21 September 1927 Colombo, Western Province, British Ceylon
Died	4 April 1998(1998-04-04) (aged 70) Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1948/49–1951/52	Ceylon
1954–1955	Cambridgeshire
1956–1957	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 11 Runs scored 277 Batting average 14.57 100s/50s –/1 Top score 62* Balls bowled 228 Wickets 3 Bowling average 43.33 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/36 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2019

Kasippillai was born at Colombo in September 1927, where he was educated at Royal College. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Ceylon against the touring Pakistanis in April 1949, before playing a second first-class match for Ceylon in February 1952 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club.^[1] He later studied in England at Downing College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.^[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made nine appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1956 and 1957.^[1] He scored 238 runs in these nine matches, at an average of 15.86 and a high score of 62 not out.^[3] While at Cambridge, Kasippillai also played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1954 and 1955, making seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.^[4] He later died at Kandy in April 1998.