Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga met with Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera outside the dressing rooms in Dambulla yesterday.

The duo met when the Sports Minister visited the Dambulla cricket stadium to observe preparations for Sri Lanka's first ODI with India on Sunday.

Sport Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera was seen shaking the fast bowler’s hand while Malinga replied with a ‘Hello Sir’.

The two were at odds with Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera’s comment on ‘unfit’ players with 'pot bellies', being taken the wrong way. 

Fast bowler Malinga, who felt he was being targeted, had retorted in a manner that saw him being penalized by Sri Lanka Cricket.