Lasith Malinga

Jasprit Bumrah's single-wicket spell against SRH has also powered him to the number eight spot in the highest overall wicket-takers list in IPL

It will be surprising to know that the leading wicket-taker is still playing and will play an active role in his team's campaign at the World Cup in the USA and the West Indies

Matheesha Pathirana's sling-shot action immediately brings Lasith Malinga to mind but the young Sri Lankan did not deliberately copy his illustrious senior, his childhood coach Bilal Fassy said on Thursday, insisting that the much talked-about bowling style came naturally to the pacer. His Malinga-like action has also earned Pathirana sobriquets like Podi (Little) Malinga in Sri Lanka and Baby Malinga among Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans. Pathirana had a breakout season for IPL champions CSK. He snared 19 wickets from 12 matches and was Mahendra Singh Dhoni's go-to bowler in crunch situations. While Dhoni is grooming the 20-year-old as CSK's designated death overs specialist, the Sri Lankan cricket establishment should handle him with utmost care, feels Fassy. "Seeing his action, a lot of people think that he has modelled it after seeing Malinga. Pathirana also trained under Malinga. But he came to me with this action from day one, and we just worked on it a bit, considering it can

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Kumar Sangakkara, who will continue to serve as the head coach during the season and RR's Director of Cricket off it, welcomed the two new members

Sri Lanka pace veteran Lasith Malinga on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga could return to the national team for the T20 World Cup, said the national selection committee chairman Pramodya Wickramasinghe

MI has released seven players, including Malinga, McClenaghan, Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, ahead of IPL 2021 auction, which is scheduled to take place on February 11, 2021

Veteran Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga is the all-time top wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League (IPL)

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Malinga has been ruled out for the season and in his absence, MI relied upon James Pattinson and Jasprit Bumrah to deliver in the death overs in the IPL season opener against Chennai Super Kings.

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Set to lead four-time champions Mumbai Indians bowling attack in absence of Malinga, NZ pacer Boult believes biggest challenge in IPL 2020 will be to adjust to the hot and humid UAE conditions

Mumbai Indians will miss the services of its most successful bowler in IPL history as Lasith Malinga has withdrawn from IPL 2020 due to personal reasons

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With Hardik Pandya in the squad as batting all-rounder, MI were locked in an intense battle with CSK for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they finally bagged him for Rs 8 crore

Sent into bat, India rode on K L Rahul (54 off 36) and Shikhar Dhawan's (52 off 36) 97-run opening stand to post a challenging 201 for six in their allotted 20 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20 match will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD with English commentary. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm (IST)

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