‘Baby Malinga’ Matheesha Pathirana Gets a Wicket off His First Ball on IPL Debut During CSK vs GT Clash (Watch Video)
Pathirana had joined Chennai Super Kings as a replacement for New Zealand paceman Adam Milne, who was injured. He thus became the second Sri Lankan to play for the defending champions this season after Maheesh Theeksana.
Matheesha Pathirana, young Sri Lankan pacer could not have asked for a better start to his IPL career as he got a wicket of the very first ball he bowled. Known as 'Baby Malinga' because of his slingy action resembling the former Sri Lankan great, Pathirana yorked Shubman Gill, who was hit right on his left toe. The decision was referred to him by the third umpire but TV replays showed that the delivery crashed into the leg-stump.
Watch Vdeo Here:
(SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)