World Cup Points Table. Getty Images. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka pace veteran Lasith Malinga on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after terrorising the world's best batsmen for over a decade and a half with his toe-crushing yorkers delivered from a low and distinct sling-arm action. A white ball legend in his own right and one of the greatest T20 bowlers, the year-old was captain of Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup winning team. He posted a message on his social media account announcing his decision.
An action as unique as his, where the ball is released almost parallel to the surface rather than the conventional perpendicular is bound to make you stand out. So the already locally-famous kid on the beaches of Galle with the tennis ball caught former Sri Lankan pacer, Champaka Ramanayake's attention. An out-of-the-box action demanded out-of-the-box training methods.
Ramanayake would glue a pair of boots to the crease and Malinga would spend hours hitting them, hence perfecting his famed yorker. His raw talent wouldn't be hidden for long, creating ripples in the domestic circuit leading to him getting fast-tracked into national reckoning. He did start off with Tests, in Australia in , where his skiddy pace saw him among the wickets, but his true calling came in the coloured outfits.
With an armoury that boasted of variations by the dozen, nobody could've been surprised. Soaring high First some facts. He's the only player in the history of the game to have taken four wickets off four consecutive deliveries in an ODI, a feat which made Sir Viv Richards gush and proclaim Malinga to be the 'best thing to have happened to Sri Lankan cricket after Aravinda de Silva. Given his bad history with injuries, which meant numerous surgeries and numerous comebacks, he was always the most potent threat in the ODI side.
Despite losing pace and fizz in his bowling towards the latter stages of his career, he's ended up with four international hat-tricks, the only person after Wasim Akram to have as many, and ODI wickets. Also, thanks to the multiple leagues he plays in, he is the second highest wicket-taker in all T20 cricket. IPL - through the years In , riding high on the success of his double hat-trick blow and his yorker reputation, he was picked up by the Mumbai Indians for a whooping , dollars.
This started a ten-year long association with the franchise, at the end of which his CV read - three IPL titles, two Champions Leagues and a purple cap. In a league where even the best of names where shunted around teams, he remained one rare example where his performances brought him retainers after retainers.
The mutual loyalty complicates his equation SLC. His unwillingness to play for the local Lankan side in the Champions League was one such example. The tipping point however came in the season, when Malinga announced his retirement from Tests on being picked for a training camp that coincided with that year's season citing a 'knee injury', but continues to play in the IPL. Thankful to all those who supported me in my journey, and looking forward to sharing my experience with young cricketers in the years to come," Malinga tweeted.
Hanging up my T20 shoes and retiring from all forms of cricket! Thankful to all those who supported me in my journey, and looking forward to sharing my experience with young cricketers in the years to come. Because I want to thank each and every one who have supported me and blessed me throughout my T20 journey. Today I decide, I want to give percent rest to my T20 bowling shoes. Malinga, in January of had announced his retirement from franchise cricket, shortly after Mumbai Indians had released the veteran pacer - the leading wicket-taker in the IPL from their squad.
Having already retired from Test cricket in and ODIs in , Malinga continued to play T20 cricket, but the fast bowler decided to bring curtains down entirely on his international career and will go down as one the best fast bowlers of all time.
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