Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan great, retires from all forms of cricket.

Lasith Malinga, one of the most prolific white ball bowlers, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is often regarded as  world's best yorker bowler and has troubled batsmen for over a decade with a distinct sling-arm action. The 38-year-old was captain of Sri Lanka's 2014 T20 World Cup winning team. He posted a message on his social media account stating: "Hanging up my T20 shoes and retiring from all forms of cricket! Thankful to all those who supported me in my journey, and looking forward to sharing my experience with young cricketers in the years to come ".

"I want to give 100 per cent rest to my T20 bowling shoes. While my shoes will rest, my love for the game will never ask for rest," Malinga added in a video.

Malinga took a total of 546 wickets across all formats for Sri Lanka. He had already retired from Test cricket in 2011 and after that from ODIs as well but continued to play T20Is for the national side.

Maling has played a staggering 122 IPL matches and has 170 wickets to his name,  the highest in the cash-rich league, with the best bowling figures of 5/13. He picked up 107 wickets in 84 T20 Internationals, 338 scalps in 226 ODIs and 101 wickets in 30 Tests. He was also the first bowler to bag 100 T20I wickets and finishes fourth in the highest wicket-taker category in the list behind Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir and Sunil Narine.