David Warner trolls huge long-time IPL rival on social media, fans left in splits

Australia's swashbuckling opening batsman David Warner is considered to be a fierce on-field campaigner. However, left-hander has successfully showcased or aspects of his personality on social media. 34-year-old has garnered an immense fan following with his light-hearted and fun Instagram posts, and he enjoys a stellar follower base of close to 6 million on im and video sharing platform. Warner recently made fun of a long-time nemesis through his latest post. 

IPL 2021: David Warner flaunts Lasith Malinga's hairstyle 

Lasith Malinga has contributed significantly to success of Mumbai Indians. Apart from being team's most successful bowler, veteran has also groomed several fast bowling prospects of franchise like Jasprit Bumrah. Sri Lankan, during his stint in cash-rich league, bamboozled oppositions with his ability to bowl toe-crushing yorkers at will. 

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Along with his impeccable bowling capabilities, cricketer's signature hairstyle also was a major part of his persona. 37-year-old's curly locks had ir following of ir own amongst masses. David Warner, who is infamous for morphing his face into that of popular movie stars, chose Lasith Malinga for his recent experiment. southpaw, who often sports a buzz cut, posted a picture with Malinga's curly hair on his head, and also mentioned that he wished he could grow actually rock such hair. 

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MI list of released players 2021 

Lasith Malinga was one of most table names to be released by franchise ahead of IPL 2021 auction. However, it was later anunced that Malinga himself had confirmed his retirement to Mumbai Indians camp back in January. y released a total of seven of ir players. Players like Mitch McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rurford, Prince Balwant Rai and Digvijay Deshmukh were among ors to be released by defending champions.

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IPL auction 2021 date and time information 

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had anunced on January 27 that forthcoming IPL auction will take place in Chennai after completion of second Test match between India and England. It was confirmed on Indian Premier League's social media account that auction will take place on February 18. According to  Star Sports Network, live telecast of program will begin at 2 PM (IST) while auction will begin from 3 PM onwards.

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Im source: David Warner Instagram