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The Sri Lankan cricket team has gone through a very bad phase in the last decade. This team, which won the World Cup at one point in time, now easily accepts defeat even at home. In such a situation, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given important advice to Sri Lankan cricket. Dhoni believes that Mathiksha Pathirana, popularly known as Baby Malinga, should not be allowed to play Test cricket at all. After all, why does Mahi want to keep this brilliant bowler away from Test cricket? There is no dearth of fans for this five-day format game.
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In such a situation, why is Mahi giving such advice to Mathiksha? Dhoni also explained the reason behind this in detail.
During a conversation with the official broadcaster after the match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, “Those who do not have a clear bowling action, the batter has a lot of difficulty in playing them. It is not an issue of pace and variation but of consistency. I would suggest that he should not play red-ball cricket. Focus only on ICC tournaments. He can become a great asset for the Sri Lankan cricket team. During the last season, he definitely grew up a bit, but this season he has come a bit curvy.
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Mathisha Pathirana is also fondly called Baby Malinga because of his bowling action like Sri Lankan star pacer Lasith Malinga. He has the ability to bowl excellent yorkers on the lines of his senior. Against Mumbai Indians, he also took three wickets for just 15 runs in his four overs. Due to such economical bowling, Mumbai Indians were able to score only 139 runs at the loss of eight wickets in the stipulated 20 overs in the match.
