Rohit, Bumrah and Sachin Post Heartfelt Message For Lasith Malinga

Malinga’s teammates of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah and icon Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate the Lankan Lion for having an illustrious ODI career

On Friday, Sri Lanka's third highest wicket-taker in ODI, Malinga retired from 50-overs cricket with a wicket off the last ball he bowled in the first ODI of the three-match series against Bangladesh. Match-winner Malinga bagged 3/38 in his last ODI match which Sri Lanka won by 91 runs. The veteran finished with cricket with 335 wickets in 219 innings so far since his first ODI against the United Arab Emirates in 2014. Malinga has his sights on next year's T20 World Cup in Australia, and Sri Lanka's cricket board confirmed he would be available for selection for the T20 squad. Meanwhile, Malinga’s teammates of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah and icon Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter to congratulate the Lankan Lion for having an illustrious ODI career. "Classic Mali spell, Thank you for everything you've done for cricket. Always admired you and will always continue to do so," Bumrah tweeted.

Classic Mali spell 🎯 Thank you for everything you've done for cricket. Always admired you and will always continue to do so 🤗.

— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) July 26, 2019

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma termed Malinga as the "biggest match-winner" for  the defending IPL champions. "If I had to pick one match-winner among many others for @mipaltan in the last decade, this man will be on the top for sure. As a captain, he gives me breather during a tense situation and he never failed to deliver, such was his presence within the team. Best wishes LM for the future," Sharma tweeted.

If I had to pick one match winner among many others for @mipaltan in the last decade, this man will be on the top for sure. As a captain he give me breather during tense situation and he never failed to deliver, such was his presence within the team. Best wishes LM for the future pic.twitter.com/gJJJKy8gL3

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) July 26, 2019

Cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar also congratulated Malinga on his ODI career. "Congratulations on a wonderful One Day career, #Malinga. Wishing you all the very best for the future," Tendulkar tweeted.

Congratulations on a wonderful One Day career, #Malinga. Wishing you all the very best for the future. pic.twitter.com/RLeKIudyWl

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 26, 2019