Matheesha Pathirana In SL vs AFG 1st ODI: The title of IPL 2023 was won by Chennai Super Kings led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This team defeated Gujarat Titans in the final match. At the same time, young bowler Mathisa Pathirana of Chennai Super Kings impressed a lot throughout the season. Especially, this bowler presented a view of excellent bowling in the death over. In 12 matches of the IPL 2023 season, Mathisa Pathirana took 19 wickets at an average of 19.53. He remained at number ten in the list of bowlers who took the most wickets.
Mathisa Pathirana was severely beaten in the first ODI
However, Afghanistan’s batsmen thrashed Mathisa Pathirana fiercely in the first ODI. Afghanistan batsmen scored 66 runs in 8.5 overs by Mathisa Pathirana. While this fast bowler got only 1 success. In this way, Afghan batsmen scored easily against Mathisa Pathirana, who was the X factor for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2023 season. At the same time, Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in this match. After losing the toss, the Sri Lankan team, which came out to bat first, was reduced to 268 runs in 50 overs. Charith Aslanka scored the most runs for Sri Lanka. This player played an inning of 91 runs in 95 balls. Apart from this, Dhananjay de Silva made an important contribution of 55 runs off 59 balls.
Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka
Afghanistan had a target of 269 runs to win. Afghanistan won the match by scoring 269 runs for 4 wickets in 46.5 overs. For Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran scored the highest 98 runs in 98 balls. He hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Kasun Rajitha took maximum 2 wickets for Sri Lanka. Apart from this, Lahiru Kumara and Mathisha Pathirana made 1-1 names.
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