{"id":5679,"date":"2024-04-15T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:13:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:13:44","slug":"matheesha-pathirana-to-be-roped-by-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/matheesha-pathirana-to-be-roped-by-mi\/","title":{"rendered":"Matheesha Pathirana to be roped by Mumbai Indians in next IPL? Lasith Malinga shocks with his statement after CSK&#8217;s win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mumbai Indians&#8217; bowling coach, Lasith Malinga, had some kind words for the young Chennai Super Kings&#8217; bowler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/cricketers\/matheesha-pathirana-1194795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Matheesha Pathirana<\/strong><\/a>, despite his team&#8217;s loss. Pathirana did really well in the match against Mumbai Indians in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iplt20.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indian Premier League <\/strong><\/a>(IPL) 2024 at Wankhede Stadium on April 14. He took 4 wickets for 28 runs in his four overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pathirana played a big role in turning the game around for Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians were going strong with 70 runs without losing any wickets in the eighth over, but Pathirana&#8217;s bowling changed the game. He got key wickets like Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav early on, and then broke a partnership by dismissing Tilak Varma. In the 18th over, he bowled a great delivery to get Romario Shepherd out, ending with his career-best figures in IPL history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extremely Impressed With Matheesha Pathirana &#8211; Lasith Malinga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the loss to the Super Kings, Lasith Malinga shared his thoughts on X (formerly Twitter), praising Matheesha Pathirana for his improved bowling skills. Malinga highlighted how important Pathirana&#8217;s form is for Sri Lanka as they prepare for the 2024 T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Really impressed with @matheesha_81&#8217;s performance yesterday, even though it was against our team. He&#8217;s really stepped up his game in terms of control, line, and length. His form going into the World Cup will be crucial for Sri Lanka,&#8221; Malinga tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extremely impressed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matheesha_81?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@matheesha_81<\/a>\u2019s performance yesterday, despite doing it against us.<br>He has significantly enhanced his control, line, and length.<br>His form leading into the WC will be pivotal for SL\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0<\/p>&mdash; Lasith Malinga (@malinga_ninety9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malinga_ninety9\/status\/1779698544393519494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21-year-old couldn&#8217;t play in the last matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders because of an injury. But against MI, he came back strong and played a key role for CSK. They were defending a target of 206, and it was important. MI had chased down 197 runs at the same place in just 16 overs recently, so it was a tough challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matheesha Pathirana Is Out Baby Lasith Malings &#8211; Ruturaj Gaikwad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38-360x203.webp 360w, https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/foto_no_exif-38.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/unmukt-chand-left-out-former-india-under-19-star\/\">Unmukt Chand Left Out; Former India Under-19 Star, Ex-RCB Batter in USA\u2019s Squad for T20I Series vs Canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the presentation, CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad shared a special nickname that Matheesha Pathirana got from his teammates. He praised the bowlers, especially talking about Pathirana&#8217;s accurate yorkers and the good work done by Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaikwad said, &#8220;Venues like this need players to step up in both batting and bowling. Our Malinga bowled really well and nailed those yorkers. Tushar [Deshpande] and Shardul [Thakur] also did a good job with the ball. We always stress on having the right mindset. Ajinkya Rahane wasn&#8217;t fit, so we decided to have him open the innings. Yeah, we call Pathirana our baby Malinga, and he&#8217;s living up to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his recent performance, Matheesha Pathirana has moved up to eighth place in the rankings, taking eight wickets in three innings at a remarkable strike rate of 8.25. He now has a total of 29 wickets from 17 IPL matches, averaging 17.62 with an impressive economy rate of 7.84.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Indians&#8217; bowling coach, Lasith Malinga, had some kind words for the young Chennai Super Kings&#8217; bowler, Matheesha Pathirana, despite his team&#8217;s loss. Pathirana did really well in the match against Mumbai Indians in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[497],"tags":[468,96,865,867],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5683,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5679\/revisions\/5683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}