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Category : Sports
Published on: September 15 2021
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· Sri Lanka pacer Lasith Malinga, who terrorized the world's best batsmen with his toe-crushing yorker, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Tuesday.
· Malinga was the first bowler to take 100 T20 wickets before finishing with 107 scalps. He is the fourth highest wicket-taker behind Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil Narine.
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