Sitting on a chair, right behind the nets, with a towel wrapped around his neck, he looked more set for a lengthy beach session on one of the seaboards in his hometown Galle rather than a bowling stint. Lasith Malinga stayed put, keenly observing his Mumbai Indians teammates go through their practice routines at the Wankhede Stadium, a day before his team take on Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their first home-game of IPL IV. It was almost half-an-hour later — after he had witnessed Kieron Pollard repeatedly belt balls into the top-tier of the North Stand — that the Sri Lankan fast bowler finally decided to join his fellow pacers. A few quick deliveries off a good-length later, the Lankan slinger decided to call it a day, and walked off nonchalantly with his shoes flung over his right shoulder. Ultra-destructive weapon It is with the same near-indifference, however, that Malinga has flattened the stumps of a number of batsmen already in this IPL so far, each time by utilising his predictable yet ultra-destructive weapon.
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