Arise Eshan Malinga! A Sri Lankan Success in the IPL

Michael Roberts

In yesterday’s high-scoring and enthralling match between the Mumbai Indians and .Sunriser Hyderabad…. ESHAN MALINGA did not secure the Man of the Match award, but stood out among all the bowlers with figures of 4-0-29-1.

While these stats do not stand out as remarkable at facevalue, they are outstanding in comparison with the other bowlers on both sides. The batsmen had had a field day with sixes and fours galore, so tha the  MAN of the MATCH  went to Heinrich Klaasen. MALINGA stood out among the bowlers for his economy rate.

It is not surprising that Hiran Hewavisenti …. ardent cricket follower and Facebook stalwart …. has highlighted Malinga’s performance. Hodi Heleyi! Heliyyaaaah! As he stresses this effort was/is not a one off result – Malinga is a leading bowler.

HIRAN’s FB post: 

Guess who wears the Purple Cap after nine games with a haul of 15 scalps at the IPL!

PS: Only a few Lankans feature in this year’s IPL; but it so happens that four of them featured in this match. Mahela Jayawardena is the coach of the Mumbai team and therefore ‘guides’ Eshan Malinga.
Facing them among the opponent KKR squad were Muttiah Muralidharan and Lasith Malinga as ‘guides’of the bowlers. 

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