CHENNAI: It was Lasith Malinga's slower yorker in the last ball of the final that took the 2019 IPL title away from Chennai Super Kings. It hurt the franchise, but it didn't take them too long to unearth their own slinger who can come close to being as effective as the Lankan great.
Within a year of that defeat, CSK back-room boys came across the footage of a Sri Lankan school-kid Matheesha Pathirana, the Man of the Match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday with his 3/15.
