Lanka Premier League: The Indian Premier League is in its final stages. Its final will be played on 26 May. Meanwhile, the bugle has been sounded for the new season of Lanka Premier League in Sri Lanka. An auction was held on Tuesday, where a young player playing for Chennai Super Kings was showered with money. He has become the most expensive player in LPL history. In comparison, the money received from CSK seems like a donation. Let us tell you who is this player and how much has he got?

Money rained on this player

Mathisha Pathirana, who plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League, has been included in their camp by Colombo Strikers in the auction held on Tuesday in the Lanka Premier League. Colombo spent 1 lakh 20 thousand US dollars to buy Mathisha, which is approximately 1 crore in Indian rupees. Let us tell you that Mathisha Pathirana gets Rs 20 lakh in a season for playing for Chennai Super Kings, which is now very less as compared to LPL.

There was a fierce fight for Mathisha Pathirana

During the auction (Lanka Premier League Auction), many teams struggled to include Matheesha Pathirana in their camp. But in the end Colombo Strikers spent 1 lakh 20 thousand dollars and included him in their camp. The base price of Mathisha Pathirana was US$50,000. Dambulla opened the bidding at US$70,000 and just like that the LPL record was broken as Galle Marvels brought the young bowler's price to US$100,000.

This has been the performance

21-year-old Mathisha Pathirana did not play the entire season for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023 due to injury. But while playing 6 matches, he was successful in leaving his mark. He took 13 wickets at an average of 13.00. At the same time, in the overall 20 matches played in the IPL, Pathirana has taken 34 wickets in 20 matches at an economy of 7.88 and runs at an average of 17.41.