Published 19:40 IST, January 10th 2020

Lasith Malinga net worth, IPL salary, career and T20I future

Lasith Malinga is a popular Sri Lankan cricketer & the current T20I captain of his country. Read on to find out the MI player's net worth, salary & T20i future.

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Sri Lanka T20I captain Lasith Malinga has been one of his country's most successful cricketers of all time. He also led Sri Lankan 2014 T20 World Cup-winning side. Malinga also holds various international records in cricket. He is also popular in India for having played and won many matches for Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Lasith Malinga net worth

Lasith Malinga is t only amongst most popular cricket players in world right w. According to sources like Celebs Trending w and Trend Celebs w, Malinga's current net worth goes up to $5 million, as of last year. However, certain sources claim that figure could be higher.

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Lasith Malinga IPL salary

Lasith Malinga, who began his IPL journey with Mumbai Indians with a ₹1.4 crore contract in 2008, was paid a whopping ₹9.5 crores in 2014. However, Sri Lankan was paid ₹2 crores to stay with team in IPL Auction 2019.

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Lasith Malinga and his T20 future

Lasith Malinga, who has already retired from Tests and ODIs, has expressed his desire to also retire from T20Is after leading his team to ar Twenty20 World Cup, having last won accolade in 2014. He had also mentioned that his target would be to play in qualifying rounds of  T20 World Cup in Australia, where if his team qualifies for kckouts, he would t mind retiring anytime after that happens. Sri Lanka is currently playing a T20 against India where latter had clinched a dominant victory after a good display of bowling followed by a clinical chase in ir second T20I match in Indore. first match in Guwahati had to be abandoned due to a damp pitch.

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19:40 IST, January 10th 2020