Birthday Special: Lasith Malinga trouble the batsmen with his speed
Birthday Special: Lasith Malinga trouble the batsmen with his speed
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Separamadu Lasith Malinga, a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, is celebrating his 37th birthday today. On this day, Lasith Malinga was born in Galle, Sri Lanka. He is currently the current T20I captain of Sri Lanka. Be it Test, ODI or T20 cricket, everywhere they have proved themselves with their sharp bowling. Let's know about some records related to Lasith's birthday today ...

Malinga is the only bowler in the history of cricket who has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls. Malinga gave the World Cup in 2007, 12 years ago. Did this feat against Africa. He took two consecutive wickets on the 5th and sixth ball of the 45th over and then after this, he set a record of taking 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls, taking 2 wickets for two consecutive balls in the 47th over against Africa in the same match.

3-time hat-trick in ODIs : He has achieved a great feat in ODIs also. Malinga has completed a hat-trick 3 times in this limited format of cricket. He is the first bowler to take a hat-trick 3 times in ODIs. He first recorded this feat at the 2007 World Cup. Did against Africa. Then he took his second hat-trick against Kenya in the 2011 World Cup and the last and third ODI hat-trick against Australia in 2012.

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