Separamadu Lasith Malinga, a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, is celebrating his 36th birthday today. On this day, Lasith Malinga was born in The Gale, Sri Lanka. He is currently Sri Lanka's current T20I captain. Be it Test, ODI or T20 cricket everywhere he has proved himself with his edged bowling. Let's find out about some of the records related to Lasith's birthday today.

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When cracked 4 wickets in 4 balls 

Malinga is the only bowler in cricket who has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls. Malinga did it 12 years ago against S. Africa at the 2007 World Cup. He took two consecutive wickets on the fifth and sixth ball of the 45th over and then set a record of cracking 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls by taking two consecutive balls for two balls in the 47th over against Africa in the same match.

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3 times a hat-trick in ODIs...

In ODIs too, he has done great feats. 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 did it against S. Africa at the 2007 World Cup. He then took his second hat-trick against Kenya in the 2011 World Cup, while the final and third ODI hat-tricks against Australia in 2012.

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