IPL 2016: Lasith Malinga yet to be given NOC by SLC for investment

Colombo: Miffed with Lasith Malinga's mentality of picking and picking competitions, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is hesitant to give the quick bowler 'No Objection Certificate' to play for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the progressing Indian Premier League (IPL). SLC boss Tilanga Sumathipala said that the present status of Malinga's wellness should be evaluated before the Board chooses to give him the NOC. "He can't abandon our consent. In the event that he resists us and go, he can just profit in the wake of sitting for the seat," Sumathipala said. Malinga and the new SLC pecking order have been at a standoff since the Asia Cup T20 in February. IPL 2016: Lasith Malinga's nonattendance an open door for Jasprit Bumrah, feels Rohit Sharma 

IPL 2016: Lasith Malinga yet to be given NOC by SLC for investment

The Board organization had requested that Malinga leave the captaincy before the World T20 a month ago in clear disturbance. Despite the fact that Malinga made it to Sri Lanka World T20 group as a player, he by and by quit the significant competition, refering to wellness issues. Subsequently, Sri Lanka was compelled to play the competition without their primary bowler, which ended up being one of the principle purposes behind the protecting champions ouster from the World T20 in the first round itself. 

In the mean time, Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma trusts Lasith Malinga's inaccessibility in the initial couple of weeks of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be an awesome open door for youthful Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah to fill in the shoes of the talismanic Sri Lankan. "It is an awesome open door (for Bumrah). Malinga is not accessible for next couple of weeks. We need to see his wellness, certainly not playing tomorrow's diversion. We are keeping a track how he is advancing. Bumrah has advanced in the last couple of months. You probably seen him in Australia. He knocked down some pins well and after that conveyed his execution in the Asia Cup and the World T20," Rohit told the media here on Tuesday in front of Wednesday's tie against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens, reports IANS.