Matheesha Pathirana KKR IPL 2026: Mathisha Pathirana has been bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 18 crores. He has become the most expensive Sri Lankan cricketer in IPL auction history. Chennai Super Kings had released him before the auction and this time CSK did not make a single bid on Pathirana.

The base price of Mathisha Pathirana was Rs 2 crore, for which there was a fight between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants were ready to spend more than half of their purse on Pathirana, but they did not fare well in front of KKR.

Delhi Capitals pulled out at Rs 15.60 crore, even after that LSG did not give up, bidding up to Rs 17.80 crore on Pathirana, but after that LSG also backed out. Ultimately KKR bought Pathirana for Rs 18 crore. Before him, the record of being the most expensive Sri Lankan player in the auction was in the name of Wanindu Hasaranga, who was bought by RCB for Rs 10.75 crore in the 2022 auction.

Mathisha Pathirana was retained by Chennai Super Kings last year for Rs 13 crore, but Kolkata Knight Riders bid Rs 5 crore higher than last year. Earlier, KKR had bid Rs 25.20 crore on Cameron Green in the same auction.

IPL career of Mathisha Pathirana

Mathisha Pathirana has taken 47 wickets in his IPL career of 32 matches so far. The 2025 season did not go very well for him, in which he took 13 wickets in 12 matches for CSK. But in the previous season, he had taken 13 wickets in only 6 matches.

The auction for IPL 2026 will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16th (December). 10 teams will bid for 77 slots, this process will start at 2:30 pm. Of course the T20 format provides extra help to the batsmen but a good bowler can turn the lost game in favor of his team. That’s why Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins became the first two players who got more than Rs 20 crore in the auction. Know which 5 balls can get more money in the upcoming auction.

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Indian fast bowler Akash Deep has been playing IPL since 2022, but he did not get enough opportunities in any season. In 4 seasons, he has played a total of 14 matches, in which he has taken 10 wickets. Akash has played 3 seasons for RCB and 1 season for Lucknow Super Giants, but LSG has released him. Akash’s base price in IPL auction is Rs 1 crore, but CSK, Hyderabad can make a big bet to buy him.

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29-year-old South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi was a part of the champion team (RCB) last year, but Royal Challengers Bangalore has released him. The base price of Ngidi is Rs 2 crore, but this amount can go much higher. The reason behind this is his recent form.

Lungi Ngidi bowled brilliantly in the first 2 T20s against India, he dismissed Shubman Gill in the very first over of both the matches. He has taken a total of 5 wickets in 2 matches. Last year, he played only 2 matches for RCB, in which he took 4 wickets.

Mathisha Pathirana

Many teams will have their eyes on Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana, who has been playing for Chennai Super Kings for the last 4 editions. He has taken 47 wickets in 32 matches played in IPL, his specialty is that he bowls brilliantly in powerplay and death overs.

The base price of Mathisha Pathirana in the auction is Rs 2 crore. If we look at his record in T20 International, he has taken 31 wickets in 21 matches. CSK can also include him back in their team.

Enrique Norkhia

South Africa’s other bowler could be Enrique Norkhia, who can get a huge amount. 32-year-old Norkhia was a part of the KKR team last year, but the team has released him too. However, in the last edition, he got to play only 2 matches, in which he could take only 1 wicket. Apart from this, he has taken 60 wickets in 46 matches for Delhi Capitals.

Chetan Sakariya

27-year-old Chetan Sakaria was also a part of Kolkata Knight Riders last year, he got to play only 1 match. Sakariya is a good bowler, although he has not got enough opportunities to prove himself. In IPL he has taken 20 wickets in 20 matches. Chetan Sakaria’s base price is Rs 75 lakh, but he can get an amount worth crores.

CSK IPL 2025: The five -time IPL champion team Chennai Super Kings have not been able to make it to the second consecutive season playoffs. Talking about IPL 2025, CSK was able to register only 4 wins in 14 matches and finished last in the points table. In the middle of the season, captain Rituraj Gaikwad was injured, MS Dhoni captained the rest of the matches in his place. Here you can see the analysis of the performance of Chennai Super Kings and also know which 5 players were performed, whose performance has been very heavy for CSK in IPL 2025.

1. MS Dhoni

The first name in this list is MS Dhoni. In IPL 2025, Dhoni scored only 196 runs in 14 matches and his strike rate also was just 135. Dhoni came to batting on such occasions several times, from where he could ensure the victory of the team by playing fast. For example, Chennai needed 15 runs in the last over in the match against RCB. Dhoni could not show timing in shots like his old style, as a result Chennai lost the match by 2 runs.

2. Rachin Ravindra

Rachin Ravindra has made a world -class batsman’s identity in international cricket in a very short time. In IPL 2024, he impressed by scoring 222 runs in 10 matches, but this time he was able to score 181 runs in 8 matches and put only one fifty throughout the season.

3. Mathisha Pathirana

Mathisha Pathirana, called ‘Junior Malinga’, made a big contribution in winning the title of IPL 2023 to CSK by taking 19 wickets in 12 matches. He also performed amazing in the next year i.e. 2024. But he has taken 13 wickets in 12 matches of IPL 2025. Pathirana, therefore, remained guilty of CSK because this time he scored runs at an economy rate of 10.14.

4. Shivam Dubey

The IPL 2025 season was well for Shivam Dubey, in which he has scored 357 runs at an average of 32.45. This is also his third best season in terms of runs, but like MS Dhoni, he kept losing his wicket on important occasions. In clear terms, Dubey could not play the role of a finisher.

5. Deepak Hooda/Rahul Tripathi

Deepak Hooda was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 1.70 crore, but he was able to score only 31 runs in 7 matches played in the season. On the other hand, Rahul Tripathi had opened for CSK in the initial matches, but his bat scored only 55 runs in 5 matches. Both these players could not perform as expected

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Chennai Super Kings have ended the IPL 2025 journey, IPL 2025 was the worst season for him. CSK 10 matches lost 10 matches played in league stage, the team was also the first team to be out of the IPL playoff race. When Rituraj Gaikwad was out due to injury, MS Dhoni took command of the team, but he could not change anything.

Although the form of CSK was different in the final match, it registered a big win over the top team Gujarat Titans by 83 runs. CSK scored a huge score of 230 runs with the help of the innings of Davhan Conway (52), Dewald Brevis (57), after which CSK’s bowling was also excellent and he piled Gujarat for 147 runs. A moment came in this match when ‘Captain Cool’ MS Dhoni got angry with his own player.

Why did MS Dhoni get angry

Dhoni looked a bit tired and angry against Gujarat. He was seen getting angry at all -rounder Shivam Dubey and Sri Lankan bowler Mathisha Pathirana, who was in the team. Actually, when Dhoni was applying fielding before Ravindra Jadeja’s over, both of them were not listening to him.

The commentators said that Dubey and Shivam did not hear their orders. When the fielding started, on the next ball, there was a catch towards Pathirana standing on the short third man, and he grabbed it and sent Shahrukh Khan to the pavilion. After this, Dubey dismissed Sai Sudarshan at backward point.

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IPL 2025 playoff schedule

Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians have made it to the IPL playoffs. Qualifier 1 match will be played at Mullanpur Stadium on 29 May, in which Punjab has confirmed its place. After this, the eliminator match will be played on this ground on 30 May.

On June 1, there will be a qualifier 2 between the team that lose in the qualifier 1 and the team winning in the eliminator match, which will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium. After this, the title will fight on June 3.

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IPL 2025 CSK vs DC Playing 11: The 17th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. Delhi won the toss and decided to bat first. The Chennai players will take the field for fielding first. Chennai had to face consecutive defeats in the last two matches. Now he has changed the playing XI. Chennai has shown the way out Rahul Tripathi and Jamie overton.

CSK’s playing XI includes Devon Conway. At the same time, Mukesh Chaudhary has got a chance in place of Rahul Tripathi. Conway is an experienced player from New Zealand. He has performed brilliantly on many occasions. Conway performed effectively in IPL 2023. He scored 672 runs in 16 matches. During this, six half -centuries were scored.

Why Chennai showed Rahul Tripathi the way out –

Rahul is an experienced player. But his recent performance has been disappointing. Rahul got a chance to play in three matches of this season. But all three of them flopped. Rahul was dismissed for 2 runs against Mumbai Indians. At the same time, Royal Challengers also returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs against Bangalore. He could only score 23 runs against Rajasthan. CSK has placed Jamie overton in the list of impact players.

Playing XI of Delhi -Chennai –

Delhi Capitals: Jack Fraser-Mackgark, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Porel, Triston Stabs, Sameer Rizvi, Akshar Patel (Captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Michel Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma

Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Davon Conway, Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary, Khalil Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana

Impact Players –

Chennai : Shivam Dubey, Jamie Overton, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis

Delhi : Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Darshan Nalakande, Donovan Farera, Tripurana Vijay

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Matheesha Pathirana Injury Update: Chennai Super Kings have suffered a major setback before the big match against RCB. The match is to be played on Friday, March 28, but a day before that CSK head coach Stephen Fleming has revealed that Mathisha Pathirana will not play in the match against Bangalore. Pathirana is one of the main fast bowlers of the team, he took 13 wickets in the last season 6 matches. Please tell that Pathirana could not play in the match against Mumbai Indians earlier.

Right now more information is not available on the seriousness of Mathisha Pathirana’s seriousness. According to a report published in the Indian Express, Pathirana is still recovering from injury. Let us know that this 22 -year -old Sri Lankan bowler has been associated with the Chennai Super Kings team since 2022.

What is the trouble of CSK?

Mathisha Pathirana’s absence in the playing XI may not be such a big problem for CSK because the team’s bench strength is also very strong. Khalil Ahmed, Sam Curran, Mukesh Chaudhary, Anshul Kamboj, Kamlesh Nagerkoti and Gurjanpeet Singh are already present in Chennai’s fast bowling department. Khalil Ahmed, against the previous match i.e. Mumbai Indians, took over the weight of fast bowling on his shoulders and took a total of three wickets.

Talking about Mathisha Pathirana, she has remained one of the most influential bowlers of CSK. Youth are full of passion, Lasith considers Malinga as his idol and action is also like him. He has taken a total of 34 wickets in his 20 IPL matches so far. His bowling average is 17.41, which is considered very good. Let us know that Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their first match in IPL 2025.

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Mi vs csk, ipl 2024: Today, the teams of Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will face face to face in Chepock. But do you know what happened when both teams were last face to face? Which team won in that match? The last time in the IPL 2024 season, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings were face to face. Both teams collided on 14 April 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians in that match. Mumbai Indians, captained by Hardik Pandya, had to face defeat by 20 runs.

Chennai Super Kings targets 207 runs to Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings, who came out to bat first, scored 206 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. For Chennai Super Kings, captain Rituraj Gaikwad scored 69 off 40 balls. Shivam Dubey played a 66 -run notout inning off 38 balls. Apart from this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni did a good finish by scoring 20 runs off 4 balls. Captain Hardik Pandya took the most 2 wickets for Mumbai Indians. Apart from this, Garald Kotji and Shreyas Gopal got 1-1 success.

Rohit Sharma’s best century, but …

Mumbai Indians started a good start in response to Chennai Super Kings’s 206 runs. Mumbai Indians openers Ishaan Kishan and Rohit Sharma added 70 runs in 7 overs. Especially, Rohit Sharma’s stormy style was seen. Rohit Sharma scored 105 runs not out off 63 balls. He hit 11 fours and 5 sixes in his inning. Tilak Verma scored 31 runs off 20 balls, but other batsmen disappointed. Therefore, the team of Mumbai Indians could score only 186 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this way Chennai Super Kings won the match by 20 runs. For Chennai Super Kings, Mathisa took the most 4 wickets from Pathirana. Apart from this, Tushar Deshpande and Mustafizur Rahman got 1-1 success.

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MS Dhoni Helicopter Shot Ahead IPL 2025: There is now only 3 days left for the 18th edition of IPL to start. In the last few seasons, it has been seen that the most craze in IPL is about MS Dhoni. Last season, of course, he used to come to the ground to play a few balls of the last overs, but the noise level was the highest at the same time. Dhoni also did not disappoint and hit big sixes. This time too, his form is excellent, and its testimony is giving a video of his net practice.

It has been 6 years since MS Dhoni said goodbye to international cricket, but strength in his arms is still very much. MS Dhoni, who is preparing for IPL 2025, during the practice, hit a life helicopter shot off Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana. This video is becoming quite viral, which has made Dhoni and CSK fans happy. Some fans are missing the old days by watching the video. The helicopter shot was invented by MS Dhoni, for the first time, it was named helicopter shot.

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– Telugu dhoni fans official (@dhonsim140024) March 18, 2025

CSK’s first match in IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings will play the first match against Mumbai Indians on 23 March in IPL 2025. This will be the second match of the double header to be held on Sunday, which will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium from 7:30 pm.

MS Dhoni IPL Career

MS Dhoni has made Chennai Super Kings champions 5 times under his captaincy. He is the captain of winning the most titled title (5 times) jointly with Rohit Sharma in the IPL. MS Dhoni has won the IPL title of 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023 as captain.

Talking about Dhoni’s IPL run, he has scored 5243 runs in 264 matches, it includes 24 half -century innings. His highest score in IPL is 84*.

Chennai Super Kings Players List IPL 2025

Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Sheikh Rashid, Andre Siddharth C, Rahul Tripathi, Devon Conway, MS Dhoni, Vansh Bedi, Shivam Dubey, Rabindra Jadeja, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Rachin Ravindra, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Pathirana, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Alice, Gurjapneet Singh, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed.