Sri Lankan players have been making an impact in IPL 2022 including Dushmantha Chameera, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Wanindu Hasaranga. 


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Joining the Sri Lankan force in IPL will be pacer Matheesha Pathirana who has been named as the replacement for injured Adam Milne in Chennai Super Kings camp. 


Milne suffered a hamstring injury in CSK's first match against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26, which was also the season opener, weeks after which he has been ruled out of the tournament.



In 2019, his bowling video went viral for the first time and the main reason was his Lasith Malinga-like action. The fact that he can also pull off fast, late-tailing yorkers is what made it even more uncanny. 


It must be mentioned that Matheesa has played in only one List A game and 2 T20 matches. He was roped in as the reserve player at CSK ahead of the 2021 season.