Chennai Super Kings pacer Matheesha Pathirana was at his brutal best in Match 38 of Indian Premier Legaue (IPL 2023) on Thursday night at Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Playing against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Pathirana finished with just 1 wicket but he managed to impress everyone with his sheer pace and precision. Pathirana comes from Sri Lanka and idolises Lasith Malinga. Pathirana, like Malinga, has a singling action and uses the swing of the right arm to generate pace. Pathirana bowled toe-crushing yorkers at RR batters to curtail the run-scoring. In the process, he touched the 150 kph mark too.
Pathirana’s display of fast bowling impressed the fans who could not stop praising the 20-year-old from island nation. Check out the best reactions on Pathirana touching the 150 kph mark below.
We’re in the 150’s now. Three consecutive inch perfect yorkers. Pathirana was just unlucky with how they rolled to the boundaries. pic.twitter.com/QHb85elRcP— Heisenberg _ (@internetumpire) April 27, 2023
Matheesha Pathirana almost clocked 150’s twice this over. pic.twitter.com/KSV78lmUAe— Heisenberg _ (@internetumpire) April 27, 2023
Almost 150 Kmph Breached by Matheesa Pathirana _ pic.twitter.com/HdoSftAoIj— Junaid Khan (@JunaidKhanation) April 27, 2023
Ian Bishop, former West Indian pacer, said that Pathirana was only going to get more dangerous as he become mature. Bishop said that with age, Pathirana is going to become stronger and if he maintains his accuracy to bowl those perfect yorkers, he is going to create a lot of trouble for the batters.
