The Sri Lankan cricket team has got a new ‘Lasith Malinga’in the form of Mathisha Pathirana. Pathirana is the same bowler whose video went viral on social media three-four months ago. But now Pathirana is in the headlines due to a delivery he bowled in a match against India.
In fact, in the ongoing Under-19 World Cup, this 17-year-old fast bowler did such an amazing thing, which is being talked about fiercely. In a screen grab of the fourth over of the match shared on Twitter by user @imvinay_09 Pathirana bowled against the Indian Under-19 team on Sunday at a speed of 175 km / h as per the speed gun.
However, whether was a speedometer flaw or it is not known. Because when he threw the ball, the speed shown on the TV screen was 175 km / h. However, the ball went wide. Please tell that no official statement has come from the ICC in this regard.
Yashasvi Jaiswal of India was facing this ball of Pathirana. The final ball of the fourth over came off Jaiswal’s leg side which was called wide by the umpire. If this is true then this 17 year old fast bowler broke the record of former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
Akhtar holds the record for the fastest bowling bowling in a World Cup match against England in 2003 at a speed of 161.3 kmph. The action of this 17-year-old fast bowler is like Lasith Malinga. Pathirana was playing a match for Trinity College a few months ago, where he took six wickets for seven runs.