Sri Lanka legend Lasith Malinga, who’s now a bowling marketing consultant with Rajasthan Royals (RR) and had dominated the Indian Premier League (IPL) for a few years, praised Chennai Super Kings’ death-overs specialist Matheesha Pathirana and stated that he needs CSK pacer to be higher than him at bowling.
CSK has found a jewel in Pathirana. The teenager is a rising star, and the way he has been weaving his spell round cricket followers all world wide has been nothing wanting a spectacular factor. The younger pacer has been incessantly likened to Lasith Malinga, one of many best bowlers Sri Lanka have ever produced. Pathirana has picked 15 wickets in 10 matches for CSK, with an economic system charge of seven.56, having bowled principally on the demise.
“I somehow want to make this guy even better than me. I think in the next Test tour, try to get him involved, and give him some ODIs as well. See how he plays in the next three years, and then see what the future course needs to be. If he plays 10 or 15 Tests in the next three years, that will be invaluable to his development,” Malinga advised ESPNcricinfo.
Pathirana’s current surge for CSK within the IPL 2023 has been making headlines for all the precise causes. He is the last word destroyer of timbre, each in his performances and in his self-imposition. He typically produces tempo of as much as virtually 140 clicks, and on uncommon events, he’ll try to provide a yorker on the legendary 145 kay mark. These three components make him the perfect alternative for Lasith Malinga.
“As an example: you know, I only learned that you can dip and reverse the ball at the same time in the last Test that I played, in 2010. Usually they bowl me from the Fort End at Galle, and it’s really easy to reverse the ball from that end with the wind coming across the ground. After six years, I finally got a good spell from the Pavilion End, and I learned how to dip and reverse a cricket ball. No one can tell when Matheesha will get those important revelations about his game,” Malinga added.
“We’re talking about protecting him from playing for Sri Lanka before he’s even properly played for Sri Lanka. He’s only 20 years old,” he stated.
