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- Matheesha Pathirana (Sinhala: මතීෂ පතිරණ; Tamil: மதிஷ பத்திரன; born 18 December 2002) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team. He has been referred to as Baby Malinga, as he has modelled his bowling action after Lasith Malinga in sling action.
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Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [4] In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. [5] He was a key member of the Chennai Super Kings team which won the IPL trophy in 2023.
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Pathirana was born on December 18, 2002, in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was yet to play first-class cricket when he made his IPL debut in 2022 against GT but was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the ICC U19 World Cup in 2020. In 2021, he started playing in the SLC Invitational T20 League and subsequently was named in the 2022 ICC U-19 World Cup in West Indie...
Pathirana has a sling arm action which is similar to that of Malinga. Like his predecessor, he can bowl toe-crunching yorkers and is a potent weapon in the death overs. He came into the spotlight for allegedly bowling at 175 kmph to India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, during the ICC U-19 World Cup in 2020 in South Africa. However, it was later revealed that ...
Pathirana had registered himself at the IPL auction in 2022 but found no takers. Fortunately for him, Adam Milne got injured soon after his IPL debut for CSK and the Yellow Army got Pathirana as his replacement. Pathirana made his IPL debut against Gujrat Titans on May 15, 2022.
Wearing no. 99 at the back, with a Lasith Malinga-esque bowling action, slinger Pathirana charged in to bowl his first delivery in IPL in the eighth over of CSK's game against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022. And BOOM! Beaten by pace, Gill took a tad bit of time to bring his bat down for the flick and the ball had gone through his defence and struck his...
After Pathirana, got the wickets of Gill and Pandya, Dhoni backed him to be one of the future superstars in the IPL. “He is an excellent death bowler. Also, with his action, it is slightly difficult to pick. He has got that slower one also. So you have to watch him very carefully. Which means when you spend those extra seconds watching the ball and...
Pathirana was given the ball for the first time in the eighth over. however, he was ripped apart by Glenn Maxwell and he conceded 12 runs. The onslaught continued and he was hit for 16 in his second which forced Dhoni to take him off. However, he came back strongly in the death overs. The 20-year-old has emerged as one of the aces in the CSK armour...
- Soham Mukherjee
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- Male
- January 18, 2003
- Sri Lanka
Matheesha Pathirana was roped in by the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022 as a player replacement for the injured Adam Milne. Born on 18 December 2002 in Kandy, Sri Lanka, the 19-year-old right-arm medium pacer and right-handed batter featured in Sri Lanka's U19 World Cup squads in 2020 and 2022.
May 15, 2022 · Karen Noronha. Updated : May 15, 2022, 06:27 PM IST. Matheesha Pathirana, the right-arm medium-pacer, had come in to bowl in the seventh over and made sure he got a wicket on his very first delivery during the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) clash. It was a first-ball wicket on IPL debut for the U19 star.
- Karen Noronha
May 5, 2024 · News. Pathirana ruled out of IPL 2024 with hamstring injury. CSK are also waiting on the status of Deepak Chahar, who suffered an injury against Punjab Kings in Chennai. ESPNcricinfo staff....
Apr 21, 2022 · Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have signed Matheesha Pathirana as a replacement for New Zealand pacer Adam Milne for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Milne suffered a hamstring injury in CSK’s first match against Kolkata Knight Riders and has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
