CSK has named Matheesha Pathirana as the replacement of Adam Milne who sustained a hamstring injury in the ongoing IPL 2022, know his highest bowling speed and stats
Fans are eagerly waiting to see CSK’s new signing Matheesha Pathirana’s magic.
Matheesha Pathirana Biography, Age, Fastest Ball Speed, Bowling Video, IPL Team And Price 2022
The Sri Lankan Young and exciting fast bowler caught the eyes of everyone in the U-19 world cup 2022. His Slingy side arm action reminds everyone of Sri Lankan great Lasith Malinga. Matheesha Pathirana is also known for his pacy yorker as his idle Lasith Malinga. Pathirana is yet to make his international debut for Sri Lanka but he has been signed by CSK.
He is looking like a promising youngster as CSK fans have already named him Baby Malinga. His unorthodox action will be very tricky for the batsman to pick.
In the 2020 U19 ICC ODI Cricket World Cup, the speed gun showed him to clock a speed of 175kph or 108mph. However, that was an error with the actual speed way too less. The average speed of his deliveries stands at 130-140km/h. He will now be a part of CSK after the club snagged his services at Rs.20 lakhs.
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Sangakara and pathirana’s connenction
The 19-year-old fast bowler has studied in the same college whose alumni is Kumar Sangakkara. Trinity College in Kandy has arguably the greatest Sri Lankan batsman Sangakara as their alumni and now Pathirna too.
Matheesha Pathirana was Named as replacement for Adam Milne
CSK have been struggling this season and they have been craving for the win. The injuries of Deepak Chahar and Adam Milne have made their season even worse. Fast Bowling has been shaky throughout the tournament as they are struggling to pick wickets upfront. CSK haven’t yet named any replacement for their costliest player of the auction Deepak Chahar. But they’ve named the replacement of their overseas seamer Adam Milne as quickly as possible.
Matheesha Pathirana’s U-19 world cup Stats
The 19-year-old grabbed everyone’s attention in the U-19 world cup with his unique action. He took 7 wickets at an average of 27.28 in the 4 matches which he played in the world cup. Dewald Brevis and Matheesha Pathirana were the 2 youngsters who caught maximum eyes in that tournament. CSK’s new signing Matheesha Pathirana’s U-19 world cup was quite impressive.
Is he the new Malinga?
Fans have been very impressed with the young lad’s performance. They have given him the name of Junior Malinga as his action resembles Lasith Malinga. It’s obviously tough to fill the shoes of a great like Lasith Malinga but he has the potential to be there. After Maheesh Tikhshana’s purple patch in yellow, CSK fans will be having huge expectations on ‘Pathirana’ to do well.
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