evidence: Chennai Super Kings' pacer Matheesha Pathirana's involvement in the current IPL season has abruptly ended as he heads back to Sri Lanka to recover from a hamstring injury. [...] "A hard goodbye with my only wish to see the 2024 IPL champion trophy in CSK’s room soon! Grateful to the CSK team for all the blessings and love from Chennai. - #matheeshapathirana," Pathirana wrote. [...] CSK will also be without Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana for at least a few more matches, as he is set to return to Sri Lanka to complete his USA visa process ahead of next month's T20 World Cup in the Americas.