CSK stayed at the bottom of the table and suffered its seventh loss of the season
The problems of Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 have spread to all their departments. His batting has not made a brand, his field has been average and his bowling players have been ineffective to say the least.
The talented pacemaker of Sri Lanka, Matheesha Pathirana, has been a responsibility this season for the five times champions, leading the lists for most wide next to Tushar Ubihas Defonde of Lucknow Super Giants, Tushar undone of Rajasthan Royals with 21 in this edition.
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In Friday’s clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Chepauk, Pathirana threw five wide and lost the Yorker several times, which resulted in a juicy complete presentation for opposition batters.
The performances in the current season were very far from the 13th wickt of the young last season, which arrived in just six games. His Honda action and his ability to land the Yorker made CSK retain it for a large amount of inr 13 million rupees.
Friday’s failure with the ball turned out that CSK succumbed to another defeat, this time by five wickts on a surface that helped bowling players.
When asked about Pathirana’s decline this season, Chief coach Stephen Fleming attributed him to his change in bowling for the Cricket of Sri Lanka.
“Pathirana in South Africa was far away, and yes, there was a problem with his action and that is probably a question for the Crick of Sri Lanka, but we have certainly tried to form and return to be what we believe is his best action,” Fleming said at the press conference after the game.
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Playing for Jo’burg Super Kings at SA20 2024-25, Pathirana launched 17 overs in six games and ended with only three wickets while he had an economy of 10.47.
“It is not very far, has made a massive improvement in the 2 months elapsed since South Africa, and we hope you continue to make that improvement. Part of its evolution is that it will be asked to change things and at some point you will have to settle for an action that gives it the best results. It blocked two good overs today, but with that action everything has to be in the right synchronization to obtain the results,” he added even more.
CSK will try to get out of the lower place when they face the kings of Punjab at Chepauk on Wednesday.