CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings are taking on Mumbai Indians in their home encounter of the Indian Premier League. Batting first, MI have managed to post 139/8 in their allotted 20 overs. For CSK, Pathirana was excellent with the ball as he scalped three wickets for his side and gave away just 15 runs in his four-over quota. Meanwhile, the speedster brought out Cristiano Ronaldo like celebration after grabbing the wicket of Nehal Wadhera. Follow Indian Premier League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
CSK vs MI: Watch Matheesha Pathirana Bring Out Cristiano Ronaldo Esque Celebration after Shattering Wadhera’s Stumps, Follow IPL 2023 Live
𝙔𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙀𝘿!
A remarkable delivery from Pathirana to dismiss the well-set Wadhera 👏🏻👏🏻#TATAIPL | #CSKvMI pic.twitter.com/G9N2m6BeYQ
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2023
As mentioned above, the right-arm pacer scalped three crucial wickets for CSK as he continued his excellent run in IPL 2023. Bowling in the death overs, Pathirana bowled decent line and lengths and never let the MI batters to attack against him. This season Pathirana has bowled 16.2 in the death overs and has given just 123 runs and scalped 10 wickets.
Most wickets in death overs (16-20) in IPL 2023
- 10 – Matheesha Pathirana (ER: 7.53)
- 10 – Tushar Deshpande (ER: 12.97)
- 9 – Harshal Patel (ER: 11.15)
- 8 – Arshdeep Singh (ER: 10.64)
On the other hand, Pathirana’s bowling partner, Tushar Deshpande yet again grabbed the Purple Cap after took some crucial wickets against MI. So far, he has scalped 19 wickets in 11 games. “The surface looks good. Initially it was a bit slow but as the day has gone by it is getting better. The plan was normal of hitting top of off-stump, just bowl attacking lengths and don’t overthink what the batter is going to do. Just back your strengths and be aggressive in your mindset. We just have to bat well and I can’t say much about batting,” Deshpande said in mid-innings break.
CSK vs MI: Watch Matheesha Pathirana Bring Out Cristiano Ronaldo Esque Celebration after Shattering Wadhera’s Stumps, Follow IPL 2023 Live
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