Matheesha Pathirana

Matheesha Pathirana CSK vs DC:

 In the 55th match of IPL 2023 played between Chennai vs Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first, but Chennai did not have a good start, batting first, Chennai took 8 wickets in 20 overs. Was able to score 167 runs at the loss of 100 runs, none of the Chennai batsmen could convert their innings into a big score.

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel denied Chennai a good start by dismissing both the opening batsmen.

While Mitchell Marsh took three wickets for just 18 runs in three overs, Kuldeep Yadav and Lalit Yadav also got one wicket each.

Dubey hit Akshar for the first six of Chennai's innings in the 11th over.

After this, two more sixes were hit but Delhi captain David Warner was caught by Mitchell Marsh.

He scored 25 runs in 12 balls.

Amidst all this, the strategy of the Chennai bowlers has to be praised. Chennai, who came out to defend 167 runs, bowled out Delhi Capitals on the score of 140 on the basis of their steady bowling and won the match by 27 runs.

During Chennai bowling, Chennai bowler Mathisha Pathirana won everyone's heart with his sharp bowling.

Pathirana took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs.    

Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs.

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— Shreyas (@Sheshu_mk) May 11, 2023

Bravo is so happy for Pathirana 💛😍 pic.twitter.com/g1QkuP5UXF

— Dhoni's Spark ⚡ (@ConcussionSub) May 10, 2023

148.8 km from Pathirana.

Manish Pandey (Manish Pandey Lbw) could not handle himself in front of an accurate yorker ball with a speed of 500 and got out LBW.

Pathirana (Social Media Reaction on Pathirana) is getting a lot of headlines on social media for his excellent bowling.

After Pathirana's brilliant bowling, Chennai's bowling coach Dwayne Bravo (DJ Bravo) came on the field and hugged Pathirana, after which this picture went viral on social media. 

So far in IPL 2023, Pathirana has bowled amazingly in the death overs and so far this season he has registered 13 wickets and during this time his economy has been 7.81. 

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