The defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is be locking horns with the new entrants Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 62nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The 19-year-old Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana, who is part of CSK, bagged his maiden IPL wicket by dismissing young GT opener, Shubman Gill.

CSK skipper, MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first citing the scorching heat in Mumbai. Matheesha Pathirana made his IPL debut in CSK’s second-last IPL 2022 game and bagged a wicket on his first ball. He dismissed Gill on the first ball of the 8th over and the GT opener was able to score only 18 runs off 17 balls, including 3 fours.

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Matheesha Pathirana bowled a full-length delivery in the middle that foxed the GT opener as Gill was very late in bringing his bat down for the flick and the ball went past the bat to crash onto the pad and the on-field umpire raised the finger. Gill instantly decided to take review the decision but the snicko confirmed that there was a pad first and there were three reds, which forced Shubman Gill to walk back to the dugout.

Here is the video of the dismissal taken by Matheesha Pathirana:

While batting first, CSK batters failed to do much against the fiery GTT bowling unit. In the powerplay, CSK lost the wicket of Devon Conway and they scored 47/1. Sai Kishore provided GT with a second breakthrough by dismissing all-rounder Moeen Ali for 21 in the 9th over.

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Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his half-century off 44 balls, including 4 fours and one six and this was his 10th fifty in the IPL. Gaikwad’s 49-ball 53 runs knock but he eventually perished on the last ball of the 16th over, which was bowled by Rashid Khan. After that, CSK kept batting extremely slow and they were able to score 133/5.