For CSK, Matheesha Pathirana replaced Nathan Ellis, who made an impressive CSK debut. Sam Curran was retained, which underlines CSK's love for allrounders.

Batting against Sri Lanka fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana, he deposited one of the latter's ill-directed yorkers for a six. Dhoni unleashed his vintage helicopter shot, which made the ball fly ...

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 ...

Malinga was also part of Mumbai Indians' six-match winning streak against CSK at Chepauk between 2011 and 2019. But CSK now have their own Malinga, or Podi(Little) Malinga: Matheesha Pathirana.

Matheesha Pathirana, CSK's death-overs specialist, not only bowls with the same, unusual round-arm action with which Malinga dominated the IPL for many years, but is also in a sense a protege.

NEW DELHI: Before the three-match ODI series against India, Sri Lanka was dealt a severe setback when pacers Dilshan Madushanka and Matheesha Pathirana were ruled out due to injuries. On Friday ...

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Matheesha Pathirana made his mark in the IPL when he helped his team beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a cliff-hanger at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on ...

Matheesha Pathirana, CSK's death-overs specialist, not only bowls with the same, unusual round-arm action with which Malinga dominated the IPL for many years, but is also in a sense a protege.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known to have a keen eye for talent and the match-winning display by Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana against Bangladesh at the Asia Cup on Thursday shows the former ...

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes Matheesha Pathirana could become a limited-overs asset for Sri Lanka with a light workload that does not include any test cricket.

Lasith Malinga, now a bowling consultant with Rajasthan Royals, has been watching Chennai Super Kings' games with particular interest. Matheesha Pathirana, CSK's death-overs specialist, not only ...

Sri Lanka's young pacer Matheesha Pathirana has taken over the mantle of Asia Cup's leading wicket-taker, after some key spells for the Lankans. But Indian leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav and his ...