Lasith Malinga

From Shakib to Afridi: Top five wicket-takers in T20 World Cup history

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

Asia Cup: Pathirana's coach cliams he didn't copy action from Malinga

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

Asia Cup 2023: Top five wicket-takers in the history of the tournament

It would be hard to guess that no Indian bowler features in the list of top-five wicket-takers in the history of the Asia Cup. Harder would be to believe that there is no Pakistani pacer on the list

Asia Cup Final 2022, SL vs PAK: Ticket prices and how to book them online

Asia Cup Final 2022, SL vs PAK: Sri Lanka and Pakistan will face each other for the fourth time in the Asia Cup finals. Read this report to know everything about ticket prices & how to buy them

IPL: RR appoint Malinga as fast bowling coach, Upton as 'Team Catalyst'

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

Lanka fast bowler Malinga announces retirement from all forms of cricket

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

Lasith Malinga could return to Sri Lanka side to play ICC T20 World Cup

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

IPL 2021 auction: Mumbai Indians' full list of retained, released players

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

Lasith Malinga among seven players released by Mumbai Indians

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

ICC nominates Virat Kohli, R Ashwin for Men's Player of the Decade Award

Virat Kohli has also been nominated in the Men's Test Player of the Decade and ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade categories. Check the full list of nominations here

Absence of Malinga an opportunity for others to step up: Rohit Sharma

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.

Key player to playing 11: Know about Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2020

In IPL 2020, batting would be MI's strength with Rohit, de Kock as an opener along with Suryakumar, Pandya brothers, and Pollard in the middle-order. Check MI playing 11, squad, and full schedule here

IPl 2020: Biggest challenge will be to adjust to UAE conditions, says Boult

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

IPL 2020 schedule: Check Mumbai Indians' full fixture, match timing, venue

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

Year in Review: Top five sporting events that wowed enthusiasts in 2019

From the ICC Cricket World Cup final to P V Sindhu's All England Championship gold in badminton, Business Standard brings you the top five sporting events that hooked fans in 2019

IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians full players list, and the salary of each player

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

3rd T20 highlights: India crush Sri Lanka by 78 runs, win series 2-0

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.

IND vs SL 3rd T20: Check predicted playing 11, live streaming details here

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)

IND vs SL 2nd T20: Check predicted playing 11, live streaming details here

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd 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)

To survive in cricket be a match-winner: Lasith Malinga to youngsters

Malinga finished with 338 wickets in 226 matches, finishing as one of the finest match-winners to have played for Sri Lanka since 2004.