Malinga set to retire from ODI cricket, continue in T20s
The Sri Lankan first bowler will end a glittering ODI career against Bangladesh in Colombo.
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga is set to retire from one-day international cricket after playing the first game of a three-match series against Bangladesh this week.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne says Malinga has indicated he'll retire from ODI's after Friday's match.
He will continue to play Twenty20 internationals.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
In a career spanning 15 years, the 35-year-old paceman with a distinctive slinging bowling action has played in 225 one-day internationals and taken 335 wickets.
He has been the premier match-winning bowler for Sri Lanka for many years playing alongside and after the exit of ace off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
He also has three hat-tricks in ODIs, including four wickets in consecutive deliveries in a World Cup game against South Africa in 2007.
He retired from test cricket in 2010 after taking 101 wickets in 30 matches.
