Malinga, who had an ankle surgery in September, just returned to action in Sri Lanka's two warm-up matches, against South Africa and Zimbabwe, in which he bowled 4.3 overs and 7 overs respectively.

Malinga finishes with astonishing figures - a strike rate of 16.60, an economy of 7.07 and an average of 19.68. He was the first bowler to bag 100 T20I wickets before ending with 107 scalps.