11. Matheesha Pathirana
Not an action you’d like to actually emulate and not the kind of sling you can effectively bowl with; perhaps it makes sense to say that there are certain things in the game of cricket that only Sri Lankans can manage.
A schoolboy prodigy with an action that is nearly impossible to pick, Pathirana, also labeled ‘Baby Malinga’, burst onto the scene with his glorious dismissal of Shubman Gill.
One wonders if the CSK camp had not revealed one of IPL 2022’s biggest talking points, would we have seen another bowler with such raw pace?
Though the 19-year-old from Kandy featured in just three IPL contests this season, it was the spell of 2 for 24 vs Gujarat Titans that truly unfurled the new, uncanny fast bowler on the big stage.
Furthermore, that Dhoni backed his fast-bowling prodigy extending full support should offer the right-arm pacer all the confidence he needs.
