Maheesh Theekshana Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Maheesh Theekshana

• Maheesh Theekshana is a Sri Lankan who’s thought to be a thriller spinner by cricket pundits. He has given many fantastic performances in IPL. On his debut in worldwide cricket, he turned the primary Sri Lankan cricketer who was born within the millennium, ranging from 2000.

• He joined Asoka de Silva School of Cricket in 2010 the place he learnt the fundamentals of cricket. Shanthilal Silva and Vivian Saverymuthapulle, two boys from St. Benedict’s College, Colombo satisfied his grandmother to maneuver and get him enrolled at St. Benedict’s College in Kotahena following which he began taking part in school-level tournaments.
  

  A childhood image of Maheesh Theekshana

  

  Maheesh Theekshana throughout his college days

• He made his T20 debut for the Colts Cricket Club on 1 March 2018 within the 2017-18 SLC Twenty-20 Tournament. He made his List A (one-day) and first-class debut for a similar group on 14 March 2018 within the 2017-18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament and seven December 2018 within the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament respectively.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana taking part in in a home match

• Theekshana learnt the variations of spin bowling when he performed for the Sri Lankan Army Under-23 group whereas coaching beneath Ajantha Mendis and performed within the 2020 Army Commander’s Cup.

• In 2017, he underwent trials on the National Cricket Academy at R. Premadasa Stadium; nonetheless, he failed the health checks on account of weighing round 105 kg; he ran 2 km in 10.1 minutes, and his skinfold rating was 140 which lies between 91-100 for common folks and 81-100 for athletes.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana throughout his earlier taking part in days when he was chubby

• The director of the academy, Simon Willis, was impressed with Theekshana’s bowling; nonetheless, on account of his health considerations, he couldn’t make it to the Sri Lanka Under-19 group for the 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. This incident pressured Theekshana to bear a major weight reduction transformation.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana figuring out within the health club

• In 2020, Theekshana joined the Sri Lankan Army and labored laborious on his health to such an extent that he lowered his weight by 22 kgs and improved his YOYO check rating from 19.2 to 16.1; he additionally lowered his 2 km dash timing from 10.1 to eight.28 seconds and his skinfold rating to nearly half of 140.
  

  A photograph of Maheesh Theekshana clicked after he turned match

• He began his ODI profession in opposition to South Africa by taking a wicket on his first ODI supply and ended the match with 4 wickets for 37 runs. In a match in opposition to Zimbabwe within the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifiers, he took 4 wickets for 25 runs.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana celebrating a wicket

• During the 2022 Asia Cup, he took 6 wickets for 162 runs and helped Sri Lanka to turn into winners of the event. In the 2021 T20 World Cup, he emerged because the second-highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka with 8 wickets in 7 matches.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana with a Man of the Match award

• In 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) put him within the supplementary class which made him ineligible to take part within the public sale for the primary season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL). Former Sri Lankan captain Thisara Perera requested Jaffna Stallions to incorporate him within the group as he was impressed with Theekshana’s bowling. Acting upon the request of the administration of Jaffna Stallions, SLC positioned him within the Emerging class, and Stallions acquired him for $10,000.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana taking part in within the Lanka Premier League (LPL)

• In the 2021 LPL season, Theekshana emerged as the very best wicket-taker with 16 wickets for the Jaffna Kings. In the 2022 LPL season, Jaffna Kings acquired him for ($ 40,000; approx LKR 14 million) within the Diamond A bunch and represented them within the 2023 season as properly.

• Theekshana was purchased off within the 2022 IPL public sale by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for Rs 70 lakhs in opposition to the bottom worth of Rs 50 lakhs. He took 12 wickets and 11 wickets within the 2022 and 2023 seasons of IPL respectively.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana with Ravindra Jadeja (left) throughout an IPL match

• He represented Trinbago Knight Riders within the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, Johannesburg Super Kings within the first South Africa T20 League (SA20) season in 2023, Rangpur Riders within the 2023 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season, and Samp Army within the 2022 Abu Dhabi T10 season.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana in Samp Army’s jersey

• He joined the Sri Lankan Army in 2020, and after ending his coaching, he was posted as a Private within the Gajaba Regiment. After Sri Lanka gained the 2022 Asia Cup, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on 20 September 2022.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana (proper) when he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant within the Sri Lankan Army

• The cricket wing of St. Benedict’s College, Colombo organized funds for Theekshana with the assistance of a cricket coach named Lucky Rogers as he was unable to pay his charges. He later received a full scholarship with the assistance of Sports Coordinator Rev. Br. Pravin Vaz (FSC) and the college’s Director Rev. Br. Janaka Fonseka (FSC).

• He signed up with BS Cricket Management in March 2023.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana after signing with BS Cricket Management

• Since Theekshana additionally served within the Sri Lankan, his public sale to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2022 was met with criticism by a number of individuals who alleged involvement of the Sri Lankan Army within the civil disaster within the early Nineteen Nineties. 

• When Sri Lanka was amidst a monetary disaster, he donated tissue vault, cell, and freezing luggage to the Human Heart Valve and Tissue Bank on the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo in June 2022.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana when he donated medical tools

• During the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Mumbai Indians (MI) match in IPL 2023, followers had been stunned because the pace of one in every of his deliveries was proven as 152 kph. Later, it was revealed that it was an error.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana’s 152 kph supply

• He is keen on animals and commonly goes to wildlife parks.
  

  Maheesh Theekshana throughout a go to to an aquarium

• His celebration fashion of posing as an anchor may be very common amongst his followers.