Sri Lanka iconic pacer Lasith Malinga issued warning ultimatum
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COLPMBO - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) selectors are reportedly upset with pacer Lasith Malinga for apparently wasting his time as bowling mentor of Indian Premier League (IPL) side Mumbai Indians and issued the 34-year-old an ultimatum to return home to play domestic cricket if he intended to be recalled to the national side.
Malinga, who last played for the Islanders more than seven months ago in the home series against India, was not retained by Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2018 season.
He went unsold at the IPL auction and then opted for a stint as a mentor for the Mumbai Indians franchise.
Malinga was named for Sri Lanka’s domestic Inter-Provincial one-day tournament but prior to the announcement of the squads, which gets underway on Wednesday, Malinga posted a video message declining to play any domestic cricket until the IPL was over.
In the video he had mentioned that he was ready to make an international comeback during the home series against South Africa in July.
“The selectors will have to make a call in case Lasith doesn’t play any domestic cricket,” SLC President Thilanga Sumathipala was quoted as saying by cricbuzz on Tuesday.
