Sachin Tendulkar leads Twitter tributes for retiring Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara
Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene ended their magnificent careers and the twitter-verse showed its appreciation. (Source: Reuters)
Sachin Tendulkar led the cricketing world in applauding Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who bowed out of ODIs on Wednesday after their team’s World Cup quarterfinal loss to South Africa.(Full Coverage| Points table| Fixtures)
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Both Jayawardene and Sangakkara had announced that the World Cup would be their final ODI assignment and much to the dismay of the Lankan fans, it ended on a disappointing note for the much celebrated duo with Sri Lanka losing by nine wickets to the Proteas.
Well done on glorious ODI careers @KumarSanga2 & @MahelaJay Being an integral part of the ODI side for so many years,it is difficult to(1/2)
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 18, 2015
Already retired from Tests, Sangakkara played a whopping 404 ODIs, scoring 14,234 runs at an average of 41.98. Jayawardene, on the other hand, amassed 12,650 runs from 448 ODIs at an average of 33.37. Tributes also poured in from other international stars with former South Africa captain Graeme Smith being among those who congratulated the two for their stellar international careers.
Congrats to @MahelaJay and @KumarSanga2 on incredible careers and what brilliant memories they gave us all. — Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) March 18, 2015
To @KumarSanga2 & @MahelaJay bad luck tonight but well done on your superb careers. Good luck and hope to see you both in the future!
— Dav Whatmore (@dfwhatmore) March 18, 2015
Sad to see two of the greats @MahelaJay @KumarSanga2 leave the one day game… #Quality #Class #Humility
— Shane Watson (@ShaneRWatson33) March 18, 2015
Source:: Indian Express
