Malinga, who was supposed to lead the Galle Gladiators, said he didn't have any training since March and it would be tough for him to play a high-level tournament without any practice.
The tournament will be played between November 21-December 13 at two venues -- Pallekele and Hambantota. A total of 23 matches will be played in all.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled an impressive Super Over against KXIP, conceding only five runs and cleaning Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul's stumps.
The 37-year-old Malinga has been ruled out for the season and in his absence, MI are relying upon the likes of James Pattinson and Jasprit Bumrah to deliver in the death overs.
Lasith Malinga has withdrawn from the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League due to personal reasons.
Lasith Malinga, widely regarded as one of the most impactful limited-overs bowlers of all time, is celebrating his 37th birthday today.
Malinga had successfully defended eight runs in the final over for Mumbai Indians during the summit clash against Chennai Super Kings last year.
The team comprised of some formidable cricketers while also missing out on some of the big names.
Malinga is known to kiss the ball often at the start of his run-up which is what Tendulkar pointed out.
Lasith Malinga was not the part of the 24-member squad for the second residential training camp in Kandy.
Jasprit Bumrah has called Lasith Malinga the 'best yorker bowler in the world'.
Raina and Rohit on Tuesday selected their combined playing XI comprising players from Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians during an Instagram Live discussion.
The Sri Lankan T20I captain was part of a list of 10 other bowlers alongside Dale Steyn, Ashish Nehra, Sunil Narine and Jasprit Bumrah for the award.
In this piece, we will look at the IPL meetings between the two veterans of the game and comprehend if Dhoni truly "owns" Malinga.
According to Styris, the battle between MI and CSK is also about the best finisher of the game against best death bowler and in that Dhoni owns Lasith Malinga.
After the first match was abandoned, Sri Lanka lost the Indore clash despite a good show from the batters and suffered a defeat in the third game as well when the batters failed to chase 170 runs.
Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga said lack of early wickets and partnerships were the main reasons behind their meek surrender.
Sri Lanka succumbed to a 78-run loss at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium here to lose the three-match series 0-2.
Sri Lanka lost by seven wickets as India trampled them to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Holkar Stadium.
Sri Lanka is all set to lock horns with India in a three-match T20I series. The series will begin from January 05.
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