Centurion (South Africa), March 23 -- Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his decision to retire from international cricket after next year's Twenty20 World Cup.
The 35-year-old Sri Lankan cricketer also ruled himself out of the first six games in IPL 2019 in a bid to make it to his country's World Cup squad.
"After the World Cup, my cricketing career is ending", he said on Friday.
Malinga said that he would quit one-day internationals after the World Cup in England and Wales this summer before calling time on his career following the Twenty20 tournament, being played in Australia over October-November 2020.
"I want to play in the T20 World Cup and then end my career."
He also said after his his side were beaten by 16 ru...