Lasith Malinga Biography, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Career

Lasith Malinga Wiki Biography: Lasith Malinga is a Sri Lankan professional cricket player and Captain of T20 International cricket of Sri Lanka. He was born on August 28, 1983, in Galle, Sri Lanka. Lasith Malinga is mainly known for his sling bowling ability and sometimes called as a Slinga Malinga.

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Over the past year, he is considered as one of the greatest limited-overs bowlers of all time. He has got a lot of popularity for his ability to take Hat-trick in all three formats of the game. In addition to this, Malinga is the first player to take two world cup Hat-trick and three Hat-tricks in the ODIs. Malinga makes his debut from Mumbai Indians in the IPL Since 2013.

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Full Name	Lasith Malinga
Nick Name	Lasith Malinga
Date of Birth	August 28, 1983
Birth Place	Galle, Sri Lanka
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Profession	Cricketer, Sportsman
Role	Bowling
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Schooling	N/A

Physical Appearance

Lasith Malinga is 37 years old as of 2020. Besides this, he is 5 feet 7 inch tall and he has black eyes and black hair. Lasith Malinga weighs around 75 kg and has a figure of 41-33-14.

Height	In feet- 5.7 In centimeter- 170 In meters- 1.70
Weight	In kilogram- 75 Kg In Pound- 165 lbs
Age in 2019	37 Years
Body Measurement	41-33-14

Career

Lasith Malinga was born and raised in the Sri Lanka modest valley Galle. During that time he used to lay with his friends near the sandbank and completed his schooling living there. His father was a retired bus mechanic and his mother was housewives. After getting a scholarship for high school he went to town and began his studying there in Galle. During that time he used to play in the school with his friends and at that time he was caught by one of the coaches of the Galle cricket club who was impressed with his bowling.

He invited Malinga to join the cricket club and was the turning point for Lasith Malinga. Malinga made his very first appearances in the test debut on July 1, 2004, against Australia where he took 6 wickets which helps Sri Lanka to win the match. In the same year, he was named in 2004 ODIs where he finished the game against UAE taking wickets of emirates captain Khurram Khan.

IPL Career

In 2008 he was bought by Mumbai Indians at INR 2.50 Crore where he played for 10 years and e was again bought by 2019 season from Mumbai Indians. In these 10 years, Malinga was one of the main contributors in a match from the side from Mumbai Indians and he has also set a lot of records in the IPL too.

Batting Stats

	Test	ODI	T20I	T20
Matches	30	226	83	–
Innings	37	120	33	–
Runs	275	567	136	–
Not Out	13	37	12	–
Highest Score	64	56	27	–
Average	11.46	6.83	6.48	–
Strike Rate	44.43	74.51	84.47	–
Balls Faced	–	–	–	–
100	0	0	0	–
50	1	1	0	–

Family and marital Status and Affairs

Lasith Malinga was born and raised in Galle Sri Lanka. His father name is Separamadu Milton and his mother is house wives. He is married with Tanya Perera and has two children son and Daughter.

Facts/Trivia

He started his career when he was just 18 years old.
Lasith Malinga like Listening music.
He was born and raised in the Galle, Sri Lanka
Lasith Malinga is married with Tanya Perera.

Net worth

Net Worth in 2020	N/A
Income Source	Cricket
Annual Salary	Not Known

Social Media

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Lifestyle

Does Lasith Malinga Consume Alcohol?	Yes
Does Lasith Malinga, Smoke Cigarettes?	NO
Does Lasith Malinga Drive?	Yes
Is Lasith Malinga, Swims?	Yes
Is Lasith Malinga Yoga Practitioner?	No
Does Gym?	Yes
Is Lasith Malinga a Jogger?	Not Known
Eating Habit?	Non-Vegetarian