Not only did Mendis score his maiden Test century, he also created history by becoming the youngest Sri Lankan to score a century against Australia.
According to stats published on Cricinfo, the previous youngest was Romesh Kaluwitharana who hit unbeaten 132 at the age of 22 years and 267 days in Colombo (SSC) in 1992.
He is just 23 runs short of Kumar Sangakkara's 192 which is the highest for Sri Lanka against Australia.
Mendis' score is so far the second-highest maiden century for a Sri Lanka batsman; Brendon Kuruppu's unbeaten 201 is the highest.
As a Twitter post by Sri Lanka Cricket shows, Kusal’s journey to the International cricket field is just as inspiring as his performance on field.