Chennai Super Kings rope in young quick Matheesha Pathirana

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Sri Lanka’s under-19 World Cup cricketer Matheesha Pathirana has been roped in by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as a replacement for injured Adam Milne in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Matheesha Pathirana

New Zealand’s Milne suffered a hamstring injury in CSK’s opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders last month and has been ruled out of the tournament.

Pathirana, a young 19-year-old right-arm medium-paced bowler was part of Sri Lanka’s World Cup teams of 2020 and 2022. He bowls with a slinging action that closely resembles that of former Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga and has the ability to bowl at pace and yorkers at tail-end batsmen.

CSK tweeted: “Welcome Matheesha Pathirana, the young pace into the SuperFam.” An IPL release stated that the defending champs had signed Pathirana for INR 20 lakh.

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