Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis is now the fastest Asian player to score five Test hundreds. He achieved this feat against New Zealand in the second Test on Friday. A 25-year-old Mendis set a new milestone by beating the record held by Fawad Alam of Pakistan, who scored five hundred in 22 innings. Mendis is now leveled with the fourth-highest players to score five Test centuries. He equalized Don Bradman of Australia and George Headley of the West Indies when he reached his fifth hundred in only 13 innings. Quickest batters to reach five Test centuries (innings) Everton Weekes (WI) - 10 Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) - 12 Neil Harvey (AUS) - 12 Don Bradman (AUS) - 13 George Headley (WI) - 13 Kamindu Mendis (SL) - 13* Test match No. 8⃣, century No.5⃣Kamindu Mendis' dream run continues 🔥 #WTC25 | 📝 #SLvNZ: https://t.co/0bFVQzaPgu pic.twitter.com/8PuFgX7QQo — ICC (@ICC) September 27, 2024 On Thursday, Mendis set a world record for the most back-to-back fifty-plus scores since his debut. He has scored eight half-centuries since his first match against Australia two years ago. Also Read | Watch: Yashasvi Jaiswal Takes a Stunning Catch to Dismiss Zakir Hasan in Kanpur Test In only his 13th Test innings, Mendis has scored more than 900 runs and is close to being one of the fastest players to reach 1,000 runs in Test cricket. Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Test Sri Lanka is ahead in the two-match Test series, leading 1-0 after beating New Zealand by 63 runs in the first match. Mendis scored a century in that game, making 114 runs off 173 balls. But it was left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya who helped Sri Lanka win that match. By winning this match, the De Silva-led team has indeed taken Sri Lanka to third position in the WTC points table. India and Australia are at the top of the table. However, Sri Lanka is not so far behind as they also have a chance to make it to the final of the current cycle. Thanks to a century from Kamindu Mendis, Sri Lanka is in a good position in the second Test. They have scored over 400 runs in their first innings and have lost 5 wickets.