IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings registered their fourth win of the season by defeating Mumbai Indians by 20 runs in the previous match. In the match, CSK batted first and scored 206 runs on the board. Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs for Mumbai, but could not lead the team to victory. Chasing the target, MI could only score 186 runs.

For Chennai Super Kings Matheesha Pathirana Had taken 4 big wickets, it was the brilliant spell of the bowler that led the team to victory. Australian veteran player Brett Lee is not tired of praising Mathisha Pathirana. Brett Lee says that a player like Pathirana is only one in a generation.

He keeps getting stronger – Brett Lee

After the MI vs CSK match, Brett Lee while talking about Matheesha Pathirana on GeoCinema said, ‘A player like him is only one in a generation., Maybe 2.0 in terms of slingers, but tonight he bowled brilliantly once again. He is bowling at a speed of 150 km per hour. It was a different wicket, out of hand. But he got four wickets, he is satisfied with that. He seems like a lovely kid too, he is going from strength to strength and that is a big reason why the Men in Yellow are doing well, the others are bowling just as well as him.

Mathisha Pathirana was out of two matches due to injury, but made a great comeback against Mumbai Indians and played a big role in CSK’s victory. Pathirana took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Mathisha Pathirana had dismissed Ishan Kishan (23), Suryakumar Yadav (0), Tilak Verma (31) and Romario Shepherd (1).

In IPL 2024, Matheesha Pathirana has so far taken 8 wickets in three matches at an average of 11.00 and economy of 7.33. Pathirana is currently ranked 8th in the Purple Cap list.