Lasith Malinga Wanted to Play 2019 World Cup

Colombo, December 30: Sri Lanka Fast Bowler Lasith Malinga has opened about his retirement planning here in an interview.

Lasith Malinga was the only player, outside of the preliminary 23-man squad to tour Bangladesh next month,

He said that "If they pick me I'm ready, but the reason for why I haven't been picked is what I'm still waiting for," Malinga said. "Usually it's a player who is 25 or 26 that needs to be rested because they still have a lot of cricket left in them. But for someone of my age, from what I know, there's really no purpose in being rested. We can only play cricket for another one or two years anyway, but if we're rested then we won't get to play cricket, so what's the point?"

Malinga has said his next goal is the 2019 World Cup. If he does play, it could be his last tournament.