Mahendra Kasippillai

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

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. He later studied in England at Downing College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he made nine appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1956 and 1957. While at Cambridge, Kasippillai also played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1954 and 1955, making seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He later died at Kandy in April 1998.