Watch: Sri Lanka Teenager Bowls Yorkers Like Lasith Malinga, Video Goes Viral

[Kool_SRG]

The video of a 17-year-old Sri Lankan pacer bowling toe-crushing yorkers with Lasith Malinga-like slingy action went viral on social media.

Lasith Malinga has been one of the greatest servants of the Sri Lankan cricket for over a decade now. His fierce bowling, which includes inch-perfect yorkers, have tormented numerous batsmen from across globe. However, with increasing age Malinga's pace has reduced and people have started talking that he is not that effective as he once used to be. Lasith Malinga has already hung his boots in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Test cricket that has created has created a void in the Sri Lankan team which is hard to fill. However, when a video of a Sri Lankan teenager bowling toe-crushing yorkers with Malinga-like slingy action went viral on social media, the fans started claiming that the island-nation has found Malinga's replacement.

 

Posting the video on Twitter, a user identified the bowler as 17-year-old Matheesha Pathirana who was making his  for his college -- Trinity College, Kandy.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara is also an alumnus of the same college and seems like the college has a habit of producing excellent cricketing talents.

In the video, the teenage prodigy can be seen dismissing six batsmen. The user mentioned that the young bowler ran through the opposition, picking up six wickets conceding just seven runs. 

Sri Lanka's current T20I skipper Lasith Malinga, 36, is more than double this young fast bowler's age but hasn't stopped firing for his team.

Last time when Malinga took field in a T20I match against New Zealand he ran through their top-order, picking up four wickets in four balls. He returned with the career-best figures of 5/6, helping Sri Lanka clinch a solitary win in the three-match series which they lost 1-2.

This was not the first time Malinga had achieved this feat in international cricket. He had first achieved the same feat in a 50-over World Cup contest against South Africa in 2007.

While it is too early to say if the World has found Malinga's replacement or not, there is no denying the fact that his action and toe-crushing yorkers do remind one of Sri Lanka's current T20I captain.

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[AlaElaAlaEla]

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[Kool_SRG]

1 minute ago, AlaElaAlaEla said:

sooper bowler 

Choodali how he will develop but looks a superb raw talent..

[Naaperushiva]

6 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

damn.....,chaala poor action ...

thavaralone full change cheyyalsi vasthundhi....Ball almost release ki enter ayye varaku upright vundi all of a sudden side arm ki changing....Side and shoulder issues easy gaa vasthaayi

[Naaperushiva]

1 minute ago, Kool_SRG said:

Choodali how he will develop but looks a superb raw talent..

Kastam anipisthundhi bro naaku..ee action prone to injuries so coaches change cheyinchina cheyisthaaru

[Kool_SRG]

4 minutes ago, Naaperushiva said:

Kastam anipisthundhi bro naaku..ee action prone to injuries so coaches change cheyinchina cheyisthaaru

Thats i am telling lets see how he develops U-17 level aaduthunadante may be he would have been playing already for 2-3 yrs atleast he may need bit of modifications so that doesn't fall in to the illegal action issues, he needs to get stronger hope he is guided and handled carefully...

[user789]

7 minutes ago, Naaperushiva said:

damn.....,chaala poor action ...

thavaralone full change cheyyalsi vasthundhi....Bowl almost release enter ayye varaku upright vundi all of a sudden side arm ki changing....Side and shoulder issues easy gaa vasthaayi

+1

there is a pause before he release the bowl

too.. not good.. sure for arm injury ..

[jefferson1]

It looks more like a throw than bowl right ?

[Kool_SRG]

5 minutes ago, jefferson1 said:

It looks more like a throw than bowl right ?

Slingy side on action lo mostly alane untaadi but momentary pause valla ekkuva anipistondi in one flow like Malinga if he releases shouldn't be a issue...

[Naaperushiva]

6 minutes ago, jefferson1 said:

It looks more like a throw than bowl right ?

naaaku throw anipiyyatla...

[johnydanylee]

Bumrah gadiki moodindi

[ram4a]

ICC gaalu deviation ni endukku accept chesarooo gaani....Deenamma

 

Muthayya Murlidharan, Harbhajan laanti vaalanni paapum challa scrutiny chesaru...

Ippudu Pratti Ulfa gaadu Throw balling chestunaruu, ANdaruuu ahhha super bowling antunnaru dennamma Jeevitham...

[MRI]

5 hours ago, Naaperushiva said:

damn.....,chaala poor action ...

thavaralone full change cheyyalsi vasthundhi....Bowl almost release enter ayye varaku upright vundi all of a sudden side arm ki changing....Side and shoulder issues easy gaa vasthaayi

+1

Side strains easy. shoulder movement kooda variations ki kashtam.. emo choodali.. limited ki stick avutey better..