Matheesha Pathirana’s Top 3 Death Overs in IPL 2025

Chennai Super Kings bowler Matheesha Pathirana played 11 matches in the recently concluded IPL edition, picking up 12 wickets with an economy rate of 10.17. He was one of the best bowlers in the death overs and posed a big threat to opponents in the IPL 2025.

However, he failed to garner support from the rest of the team members, making them the first team to be knocked out of the tournament. Despite CSK’s early exit, the Baby Malinga stole the show in the death overs and has been hailed by the cricketing fraternity for his first-class show. Given below are his top three performances in the death overs of the IPL 2025.

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1/13 vs. DC, Chennai

The right-arm pacer has picked up one crucial wicket in the death overs against DC at Chepauk, Chennai, in the 17th game of the IPL 2025. The star player has conceded just 13 runs in the death overs, which restricted the visitors to just 183/6 in the allotted 20 overs.

2/15 vs. RCB, Chennai

The star seamer has picked up two wickets in the death overs against RCB in their eighth game of the IPL 2025. The star cricketer has just conceded 15 runs in the last four overs, but his efforts again went in vain as the CSK lost this encounter for the first time since 2008 in Chennai against RCB. The RCB has posted 196/7 in the given 20 overs of the game. However, CSK could only manage to post 146/8 and lost the crucial encounter.

2/7 vs. RR, Guwahati

The Sri Lankan bowler picked up two wickets while conceding just seven runs against the inaugural IPL champions. The 22-year-old cricketer was one of the best performers in this game, but his side still suffered the loss by a narrow margin. Pathina’s sensational bowling in the death overs restricted the hosts to 182/9 in the given 20 overs of the game. However, CSK fell short by six runs in the 11th game of the IPL 2025.