Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the Twenty20 and One Day series against South Africa as he has yet to fully recover from a bout of dengue fever, officials said on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old was expected to make a comeback after a litany of injuries but will have to wait until next month when Sri Lanka play three T20Is  in Australia.

He struggled late last year had bout of dengue fever.

"He had a practice game last week and realised he still wasn't up to the level of fitness," team manager Ranjith Fernando told Reuters.