Know who bowled out the yorker king Lasith Malinga

New Delhi: Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, the Asia Cup hero for Sri Lanka who is well known for his toe crushing Yorkers, has been yorked himself. A girl named Tanya Perera bowled out Malinga this time! This lady is his lovely wife who fell in love with each other and later got married.Know more about this sweet Lankan couple: 1) Tanya Perera is from Matara city of Sri Lanka. The couple first met at a hotel in Hikkaduwa and dated for 2 years. They got married on January 22, 2010. 2) They met in a formal meeting when Malinga was the brand ambassador of a private firm while Tanya's company was handling its advertising campaign. They became closer when they met again in Galle. 3) As per the reports, Malinga also got her contact number during the meeting. 4) According to Tanya, Malinga is a simple guy who is a non smoker and non alcoholic, which made her, fell for him. 5) Lasith proposed her first, but when he was asked by Tanya to ask permission from her parents, he did that too! 6) The couple is blessed with a sweet little two and a half year daughter. 7) Despite the issues, the couple knows how to handle them as their two year long relation before the marriage is the reason for their happy married life. 8) In 2011, a Bollywood actress said that she is impressed by Malinga. She wanted to met him, hug him and kiss him because she used to love him as she found him very interesting and unconventional. 9) Lasith Malinga is the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and currently the only, player to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international cricket. 10) On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. 11) Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews hold the highest run partnership for the 9th wicket in an ODI: 132 runs, against Australia in Melbourne in 2010. Malinga scored 56 Runs from 48 balls including six fours and two sixes; Mathews scored 77 runs off 84 deliveries including eight fours and one six. 12) Sir Viv Richards admired Lasith Malinga's impressive bowling during the ICC World Cup 2007 which was held in Caribbean, saying that Lasith Malinga is the best thing that happened to Sri Lankan cricket after Aravinda De Silva.

Know who bowled out the yorker king Lasith Malinga

New Delhi: Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, the Asia Cup hero for Sri Lanka who is well known for his toe crushing Yorkers, has been yorked himself. A girl named Tanya Perera bowled out Malinga

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