Introduction: Malaria remains today one of the major health hazards in the tropics having increased morbidity and mortality. It is one of the most common hematological parasites in tropical and subtropical countries particularly in the continents of Africa and Asia. More than 40% of the world population reside in malaria-endemic area and it is accountable than 300- 500 million cases and 1.5-2.7 million deaths will occur in each approaching year.Among these manifestations, thrombocytopenia is the most common complication presented in both the species of malaria, viz-P. falciparum and P.vivax. The clinical diagnosis of malaria is always challenging as signs and symptoms overlap with other febrile illnesses. The gold standard technique for diagnosis is smear positivity. Among the hematological abnormality thrombocytopenia is the most common but its correlation with the type of malaria and its prognostic implications have not been evaluated in many of the studies