Chennai Super Kings Overseas
Matheesha Pathirana
Bowler · Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
Sri Lanka · Age 23 · No. 99
The numbers
Career record
33
Matches
56
Wickets
8.18
Economy
4/28
Best
Form
Last ten innings
The form trajectory across the most recent appearances.
Cooling off
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Player intelligence
The read on his game
AI-generated analysis, grounded in his career numbers and role.
Matheesha has taken 56 wickets at an economy of 8.18. The numbers describe a bowler trusted in the phases that decide matches.
Strengths
- Changes pace late, the slower ball is genuinely difficult to pick.
- A new-ball threat who moves it both ways inside the powerplay.
- Extracts bounce that most bowlers on these surfaces simply cannot.
Ways to get at him
- Can leak through the middle overs once the surface flattens out.
- Left-handers have found him easier to work through the leg side.
Pressure performance
65
Lengths bowled
Venue performance
MA Chidambaram Stadium suits his method: 53% of wickets there fall to spin.