#LASITH MALINGA WILL NOT PLAY IPL13

AFTER SURESH RAINA , MALINGA WILL ALSO MISS IPL THIS SEASON AS MUMBAI INDIANS ANNOUNCED TODAY. BOTH OF THEM TOOK THE DECISION DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS. MALINGA IS THE IPL'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BOWLER OF IPL'S HISTORY IN TERMS OF WICKETS WITH 170 WICKET IN HIS TALLY IN 122 MATCHES WITH AN AVERAGE OF 19.79 AND AN ECONOMY OF ALMOST 7.14

LASITH MALINGA HAS PLAYED FOR MUMBAI INDIAN RIGHT FROM THE FIRST SEASON AND HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THEIR BOWLING ATTACK.

MUMBAI INDIANS REPLACED MALINGA WITH THE AUSTRALIAN PACER JAMES PATTINSON