Lasith Malinga

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lasith Malinga
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 28, 1983(1983-08-28)
Age	41
Birthplace	Galle
Country	Sri Lanka
Horoscope	Virgo

Lasith Malinga Biography

Lasith Malinga is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka. Fast bowler known for a slinging round-arm action who is Sri Lanka’s vice-captain of their T20 side and is the first bowler to have two World Cup hat-tricks.

The great Viv Richards praised Malinga’s skills.

After passing the grade 5 Scholarship Examination in 1993, he entered Vidyaloka College, Galle for his secondary education, where he started his cricket career. Here Malinga was discovered by former Sri Lankan paceman Champaka Ramanayake. Champaka, so impressed by Malinga’s raw ability, invited him to join the Galle Cricket Club. Champaka also helped him to join the first XI cricket team of Mahinda College, Galle. Joining Mahinda College was the turning point of his cricket career and he was helped by some of its distinguished Old boys. A short-lived attempt to make Malinga’s action more upright led to much reduced pace and failing accuracy. Malinga promptly returned to his natural action with success, and with great encouragement from Ramanayake.

Malinga made his ODI debut in Sri Lanka’s opening match of the 2004 Asia Cup against the United Arab Emirates, becoming the 123rd player to do so. Easily winning the match by 116 runs, Malinga took the wicket of the Emirati captain, Khurram Khan to finish the match with figures of 1/39. Since then he has become a regular member on the ODI squad.

He married Tanya Perera in 2010.

Lasith Malinga Net Worth

Lasith Malinga is one of the richest Cricket Player from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lasith Malinga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up playing Cricket in Rathgama, Sri Lanka.

His highest recorded speed was 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph) in 2011.

Separamadu Lasith Malinga (Sinhala: සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග ; born 28 August 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and current T20 international captain of Sri Lanka. He captained the Sri Lankan 2014 T20 World Cup winning side. He is a right-arm fast bowler that is commonly used as a specialist death bowler, and is well known for his distinctive round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nicknames, ‘Slinga Malinga’.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lasith Malinga Dating?

According to our records, Lasith Malinga married to Tanya Perera. As of December 1, 2023, Lasith Malinga’s is not dating anyone.

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Malinga has played for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians since

2008. He became their leading bowler in this format and leading bowler in the competition in terms of wickets taken. Sachin Tendulkar, the ex-Mumbai Indians captain, described Malinga as an important cog in the Indians’ game plan after the retirement of captain Shaun Pollock, who represented the team in the first season. In the first match for the Mumbai Indians in the fourth season, he got 5 wickets against Delhi Daredevils, restricting them to a mere 95. His best bowling figures ever is 6/7 for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers in December 2012, the only six-wicket haul taken the Australian Big Bash League. Malinga was also one of the overseas players to represent Kent Spitfires in the English T20 competition in 2007. Kent went on to win the tournament beating Gloucestershire with Malinga playing a key part throughout the tournament.

Facts & Trivia

Lasith Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Lasith Malinga celebrates birthday on August 28 of every year.

For his performances in 2010, 2011 and 2014, he was named in the Cricinfo IPL XI.

Top Facts about Lasith Malinga

1. Malinga is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer born in 1983.
2. He is known for his unique bowling style and toe-crushing yorkers.
3. Malinga has taken the most number of hat-tricks in international cricket (3).
4. He holds the record for the highest number of wickets in T20Is (107).
5. Malinga was the captain of Sri Lanka’s T20I team from 2014-2016.
6. He played for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and won four titles with them.
7. Malinga announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in July 2019.
8. He took a total of 338 wickets in ODI matches during his career.
9. Malinga made his debut for Sri Lanka in July 2004 against United Arab Emirates.
10. In August 2011, he became the first bowler to take three hat-tricks in ODIs

Who is the yorker King for ever?

Personal information
Full name| Separamadu Lasith Malinga
Born| 28 August 1983 Galle, Sri Lanka
Nickname| Yorker King, Kagawena, Malinga the Slinga, Mali, Rathgama Express
Batting| Right-handed

Who is Sri Lanka fastest bowler?

World records. Chaminda Vaas is Sri Lanka’s most successful pace bowler, having taken 355 Test wickets from 111 tests.

Why is Malinga bowling action allowed?

In the modern game, the Sri Lankan pace bowler Lasith Malinga has a very distinctive action which is authentic roundarm, earning him the name “Slinga Malinga”. There are some who question the legality of this action, but it is legal, because his arm does not straighten from a bent position as he bowls.

Why did Malinga retire from Test?

Malinga retired from Test cricket in 2011, to work on his fitness and concentrate on the shorter formats of the game. His statement on Twitter read: “Hanging up my T20shoes and retiring from all forms of cricket!

Who is king of googly?

Shahid Afridi : The king of googly.