Can play T20 for 2 more years: Lasith Malinga does U-turn on retirement
Cricket | November 20, 2019 11:54 ISTLasith Malinga said he is waiting to hear from Sri Lanka Cricket on whether he would be leading the side in the T20 World Cup next year.
Lasith Malinga said he is waiting to hear from Sri Lanka Cricket on whether he would be leading the side in the T20 World Cup next year.
The two superstars in world cricket missed out on The Hundred Draft, while Afghanistan's Rashid Khan was the first player to be picked.
The 17-year old was identified as Matheesha Pathirana of Kandy's Trinity College and his figures of 6/7 on his debut for the domestic side amazed one and all.
Former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad further opined that the absence of top Sri Lankan cricketers shouldn't matter for hosts.
Senior cricketers like Lasith Malinga, Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have decided to not tour Pakistan for the three-match T20I and ODI series.
Ten Sri Lankan players have opted out of the tour to Pakistan, which is scheduled to begin on September 27.
Sri Lanka's senior cricketers, including Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne have reportedly refused to travel to Pakistan for a three-match T20I and ODI series.
Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga enjoyed a record-breaking night against New Zealand, as he took his fifth career hat-trick, and his second in T20Is.
Lasith Malinga produced a stellar performance as he took four wickets off four successive deliveries against New Zealand, and has justifiably jumped 20 places in the latest T20I rankings.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 125/8 but Lasith Malinga's feat helped the hosts win by 37 runs to earn a consolation win over New Zealand.
Sri Lankan captain Lasith Malinga became the first player to take two T20I hat-tricks, as he dismissed four New Zealand batsmen off four consecutive deliveries.
New Zealand chased down the target with three balls to spare and five wickets in hand to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Sri Lanka's speedster Lasith Malinga went past Pakistan's Shahid Afridi to become the highest wicket-taker in T20I cricket, and now remains only one short of 100 dismissals in the shortest format of the game.
Niroshan Dickwella, the left-handed wicket-keeper batsman, has been named as Malinga's deputy in the 15-member squad for the home series.
Periyaswamy, who plays for Chennai Super Gillies in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, has a slinger action like Lasith Malinga.
Tendulkar and Bumrah, who have played with Malinga for Mumbai Indians, extended their wishes to the pacer after his final ODI for Sri Lanka.
Lasith Malinga played his final ODI for Sri Lanka last night, taking three wickets in a 91-run win over Bangladesh.
Rohit Sharma, who captained Lasith Malinga in Mumbai Indians, was all praise for him as the fast bowler bid adieu to ODI cricket.
Lasith Malinga finished with figures of 3/38 from 9.4 overs as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 runs at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne had on Monday said that Malinga has decided to call it a day from the 50-over format after the first ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh.
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