IMAGE: Mumbai Indians
pacer Lasith Malinga opted out of this year's IPL due to personal
reasons. Photograph: Mumbai Indians/Instagram
Mumbai Indians fast bowler Lasith Malinga has opted out of the Indian
Premier League due to personal reasons and will be replaced by Australian
speedster James Pattinson.
"Lasith Malinga has requested unavailability for the
season for personal reasons and to be with family back home in Sri Lanka,"
Mumbai Indians said on their official website on Wednesday.
"James Pattinson will join the MI Family currently based
in Abu Dhabi this weekend."
Malinga has been with Mumbai Indians since the inaugural
edition of the IPL in 2008, and is their highest wicket-taker with 170 wickets
in 122 games at an average of 19 with six four-wicket hauls.
This was supposed to be his final season as a player with
Mumbai Indians. He had served as the bowling mentor in 2018 after he was not
picked up in the IPL Players' Auction.
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