6 star cricketers who were limited-overs specialists

#1 Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga is perhaps the finest limited-overs bowler of his generation

Lasith Malinga has been the deadliest weapon in Sri Lanka’s ODI and T20I bowling arsenal for a number of years. Although his powers have been on the decline in recent years, Malinga has done enough with the ball in hand to warrant the status of being a limited-overs great.

The Sri Lankan pacer had possibly figured out that he belongs to the shortest formats of the game, which is why he hung his Test boots prematurely back in 2011. In 30 Test matches, Malinga managed to pick up 101 scalps at an average of 33.15 with 3 five-wicket innings hauls.

Quite contrastingly, the quickie has 291 ODI wickets in 191 matches with 7 five-wicket hauls and he averages slightly under 28. Malinga is also the fourth highest wicket-taker in T20Is with 78 victims in 62 games and has best figures of 5 for 31.

Injuries have impacted Lasith Malinga’s career of late, though, and he was last seen in action for Sri Lanka during the first ever T20 Asia Cup earlier this year.