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End of an era! Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after dominating the cricketing world for over a decade. A white-ball legend, the 38-year-old was the captain of Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup, leading his team to a title win. The cricket journey of fast bowler Malinga is popular far and wide. He took a total of 546 wickets across all formats for Sri Lanka and had already retired from Test cricket in 2011 and then ODIs in 2019. But he continued to play for T20Is. On September 14, 2021, Malinga took to social media to announce his retirement from T20 and all forms of cricket. Malinga tweeted, “Take off my T20 shoes and retire from all forms of cricket. Thank you to all who have supported me in my journey and look forward to sharing my experience with young cricketers in the years to come ” He last played for Sri Lanka in a T20 match against West Indies in March last year. Following his announcement, the cricket fraternity paid tribute to yorker king Malinga, describing him as a legend whose contribution to the game will always be remembered. Honoring his illustrious cricketing career, fans have flooded the social media platform with pictures of the cricketer. He has played around 122 IPL matches and has 170 wickets to his name. Jasprit Bumrah, who formed a strong pairing with Malinga for IPL team Mumbai Indians, tweeted: “Congratulations on a wonderful career, Mali and best of luck for whatever the future holds. It was a pleasure to play with you.” Let’s take a look at these pictures of Malinga which will blow her fans’ senses.
(Reuters)
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