IPL Match 29: MI vs CSK Player of the Match Winner Matheesha Pathirana
MI vs CSK Player of the Match Winner Matheesha Pathirana: Pathirana picked 4 wickets to win the Player of the Match award in the high-octane clash.
Matheesha Pathirana, Player of the Match: When we bowled in powerplay, I was nervous. I then came to do my regular things. I don’t think about results and I just think about execution. First of all, I was having a niggle before two weeks and all support staff and players helped me. That’s the main thing to have my form.
CSK beat MI by 20 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. Pathirana picked 4 wickets to win the Player of the Match award in the high-octane clash.
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matheesha Pathirana | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
Matheesha Pathirana had a notable spell with figures of 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs, maintaining an economy rate of 4.25. He conceded 4 boundaries and no sixes during this spell. Overall, his bowling performance seems quite effective, with an economy rate below 7 and grabbing crucial wickets.
Pathirana took the wickets of
- Ishan Kishan (23),
- Surya Kumar Yadav (0),
- Tilak Varma (31) and
- Romario Shepherd (1)
To return figures of 4 for 28 as MI lost the steam in the chase of an imposing 206/4, managing to score 186 for six.
