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'Mahi jaisa koi nhi'- Fans react as Matheesa Pathirana reveals his learnings from MS Dhoni during Indian Premier League

Sri Lanka's promising pacer Matheesha Pathiarana has recently opened about MS Dhoni's role in building his and other youngsters' careers.

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Sri Lanka's promising pacer Matheesha Pathiarana has recently opened up about MS Dhoni's role in building his and other youngsters' careers in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team during the Indian Premier League (IPL). He came in as a replacement for Adam Milne in IPL 2022.

The 20-year-old pacer performed sensationally in this year's IPL and in the LPL as well. He picked up 19 wickets, and considering most of his overs came towards the latter half of the innings, an economy rate of 8.01 was pretty good too. Pathirana has taken 12 wickets in the ongoing Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2023.

As a youngster, if someone gives you confidence like that, it boosts your career: Matheesa Pathirana

Matheesha Pathirana said, "As a youngster if someone gives you confidence like that, it boosts your career. A player of that level showed faith in me and I believed I can do anything in that moment. Not only me, Dhoni gave confidence to all of us. There were 4-5 top players who were injured and he showed his trust in youngsters, which was great."

"I learned a lot from Dhoni. The first thing is humbleness and that's why he is very successful. He is 42 and still, the fittest cricketer, which is really inspiring." "When I went there, I was a kid and no one knew me and they trained and taught me several things. Now, I know how to perform in any T20 game and how to balance my four overs in a match."

Pathirana also shared his feeling about meeting Lasith Malinga, who is one of his idols, for the first time, "I am constantly trying to improve my action and bowling. Malinga was very happy when he met me because he saw someone more like him."

Pathirana found strength from Dhoni's advice that maintaining health is essential for the squad and the nation to succeed. He serves as evidence of Dhoni's effect, demonstrating how a great leader motivates, develops, and brings out the best in each player to produce champions.

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