Batsmen may be constantly propelling their teams to high scores everyday but Sri Lanka veteran pacer Lasith Malinga believes that the bowlers will be the "game changers" in the upcoming World Cup despite the flowing runs.
"Cricket is going towards the batsmen but bowlers can change the game, they get the wickets and that wins a match," Malinga was quoted as saying by ICC Media after Sri Lanka's five-wicket defeat to Australia in their second warm-up game at Southampton on Monday, 27 May.
"Bowlers need to have a skill, then know how to analyse a game. They need to improve as quickly as they can and get confidence from their performances," he added.
"In the last couple of years, I have worked on the variations and it boosts confidence, but situation analysis is very important," Malinga said.
His performance against Chennai Super Kings in the the final, where he backed himself to bowl a slower delivery in the final ball and defend two runs, has underlined Malinga's status as one of the world's best death bowlers.
After the warm-up match, everyone was surprised to see Malinga sharing tips with the Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis on how to deliver a slower ball.
"I wanted to give him tips – that's how cricket moves forward. Whoever wants to know, I will help them. I'll share tricks on how to bowl slow balls, which situation you will use it, why you want to use the slow one," he concluded saying.
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