Malinga knows it would be tough not to play in front of a capacity Wankhede Stadium crowd wearing the Mumbai Indians blue jersey but admitted that in his heart he knew that his time was up.
Former swashbuckler Sanath Jayasuriya has been using the aid of crutches to walk as the 48-year old is suffering from a knee injury.
The tri-series will be known as the Nidahas Trophy, it will also mark the 70th year of the Sri Lanka Cricket.
Hathurusinghe, a former test player for Sri Lanka, is considered one of the highest paid coaches in the world.
Left out of Sri Lanka squad due to his struggling bowling form, Malinga is utilizing his time to play domestic cricket in his country.
The board is currently trying hard to convince as many Lankan players as possible that a day trip to Pakistan would not be unsafe.
Sri Lanka will play a T20 International in Lahore on October 29 at the end of their current series with Pakistan being played in UAE.
The Sri Lankan board President has assured us they want to play the match in Lahore and will send their best team, PCB Chief said in Karachi on Wednesday.
Several top Lankan players have expressed their reservations on travelling to the country, where the national team was attacked by terrorists in 2009.
PCB Chief, Najam Sethi told the media that the match was on even though the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) was due to meet in the next 24 hours to deliberate upon the issue.
Pakistan's Yasir Shah had 2-25 off 14 overs to set up an uncomfortable last day for Sri Lanka which has a vulnerable tail.
Pothas has urged the players to move on with their performances on the field as the team is battling with consistency since the retirement of its batting stars.
Wickremesinghe, a member of the 1996 World Cup winning team and also a former selector, had said that certain members of the Sri Lankan team had fixed games for money.
Jayasuriya and his panel quit during the recent home series against India in which Sri Lanka lost every match across all three formats.
Silva, who had led Panadura Cricket Club, has been banned for two years from playing, coaching and administrating.
The crisis panel would discuss the poor showing by the national team and look to identify the problem areas in the national team.
Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Gamage replace injured spinner Rangana Herath and pacer Nuwan Pradeep in Sri Lanka squad for the third Test against India in Pallekele.
Live Score India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Watch IND vs SL live cricket score and streaming online at Sportsinspireslife.com and Live Coverage on TV by Sony Ten Network. India national cricket team is playing against Sri Lanka at Colombo.
Instead of watching his home team Sri Lanka playing, Ranatunga said he preferred watching the recent England-South Africa Test series, which England is leading 2-1 with the fourth Test scheduled to start from August 4.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted six men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009.
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