JUST IN | Lasith Malinga announces retirement from all forms of cricket

 

Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup winning captain, has announced his retirement from T20Is, marking his retirement from all formats of the game.

Malinga posted a message on his social media account announcing his decision. He also posted a video on his YouTube channel, showing a compilation of his wickets in T20s. “While my shoes will rest my love for the game will never rest,” he captioned the video.

 

Malinga, who made his international debut in 2004 in a Test match against Australia, represented Sri Lanka on 340 occasions in all formats, taking 546 wickets.

 

In T20s, he took 390 wickets in 295 career matches – 107 of which came in 84 T20Is – and enjoyed spells in the Big Bash, Caribbean Premier League, T20 Blast and Bangladesh Premier League. However, his greatest success came in the Indian Premier League where he made 122 appearances for Mumbai Indians, taking 170 wickets, and won four titles.

 

He retires as the leading wicket-taker in T20I history and fourth-highest wicket-taker in T20s, behind  Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil Narine.

Here's the video of the same:-

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