Yes, that’s what happened. In fact, 22-year-old Mathisha Pathirana was available in the IPL mini auction at a base price of Rs 2 crore, which apart from Kolkata Knight Riders, strong franchises like Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants also wanted to buy under any circumstances. However, they did not have as big a purse as KKR, due to which they had to bow down last after 82 bidding and thus Kolkata bought Baby Malinga for Rs 18 crore.

Let us tell you that meanwhile, the only surprising thing was that his old IPL team Chennai Super Kings did not make a single bid for Mathisha Pathirana, who also had a huge purse available. Let us tell you that this Sri Lankan player was a part of Chennai Super Kings till the last IPL season, who kept him in their squad by retaining him for Rs 13 crores. But last season he could not do anything special with his bowling and he took only 13 wickets in 12 matches with an economy of 10.14. This is why Chennai Super Kings decided to release him before the mini auction.