{"id":56945,"date":"2021-01-25T16:23:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=56945"},"modified":"2021-01-25T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:23:53","slug":"lasith-malinga-retires-from-franchise-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/lasith-malinga-retires-from-franchise-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasith Malinga retires from franchise cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lasith Malinga retires from franchise cricket<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56946 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lasith-Malinga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Lasith Malinga<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.lk\/2021\/01\/22\/sports\/239533\/lasith-malinga-retires-franchise-cricket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dailynews<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Paceman Lasith Malinga has retired from franchise cricket, his Indian Premier League (IPL) Team Mumbai Indians revealed yesterday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Sri Lankan speedster informed his decision to the Mumbai Indians management earlier this month, making himself unavailable for the upcoming season and wasn\u2019t retained in the squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Malinga has been a part for Mumbai Indians since the second season of IPL, missing only two editions \u2013 in 2018 and 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He served as the bowling mentor of the side in 2018 before returning to playing duties and delivering Mumbai a title win &#8211; his fourth with the team &#8211; with what has turned out to be his final delivery in the competition. He missed the 2020 season due to personal reasons but remains the highest wicket-taker in the tournament\u2019s history with 170 scalps to his credit, from 122 appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Sri Lankan speedster has also been a part of Jamaica Tallawahs, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Khulna Tigers, Rangpur Riders and Melbourne Stars among other T20 franchises around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">With 390 wickets in 295 matches, he is only behind Dwayne Bravo in the list of leading T20 wicket-takers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">His last T20 appearance came in March 2020, when he led Sri Lanka against West Indies, and hasn\u2019t played any games during the pandemic. 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