The fate of Dhoni's favorite bowler..!? So many Wides..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
The fate of Dhoni's favorite bowler..!? So many Wides..!?
Matheesha Pathirana was Dhoni's pet bowler for the chennai Super Kings team in the 2023 IPL series. Captain Dhoni, who bowled like Malinga, made him the team's primary fast bowler. While the 2024 IPL series is about to start in a few days, Pathirana has been included in the Sri Lankan team and is playing in the t20 series against the bangladesh team. Not only the Sri Lankan fans but also the CSK fans are in a frenzy due to Pathirana's bowling error in the first match of this series.
Pathirana has bowled 9 wides and 3 no balls in the first T20I. In other words, he bowled 36 balls in 4 overs of 24 balls in a t20 match. Those wides not only gave away 12 runs off no balls but also some runs off those 12 balls. Pathirana had given away 56 runs in 4 overs. The Sri Lankan team batted first and scored 206 runs in this match.
The bangladesh team who batted next lost 4 wickets for 68 runs and were heading towards defeat. Pathirana conceded only 2 runs and lost 1 wicket in his first over. But after that, he got nervous and continued to bowl wide balls and conceded more runs to the bangladesh team. After this, the bangladesh team went to the stage of victory if they scored 12 runs in the last over. After that, Sri Lankan bowler Shanaka lost 2 wickets in the last over and gave only 8 runs, which was the reason for sri lanka to win by 3 runs. Fans of the CSK team are lamenting on social media that if Pathirana comes to play in the 2024 IPL series in the same form, the story of the CSK team will end.

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