Kumar Sangakkara farewell

Retiring cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara said he would miss the game that has given him everything and that he was satisfied with everything he achieved.

Kumar Sangakkara gave an emotional speech after bowing out of international cricket in the second Test in Colombo.

Tweets and tributes poured in for Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara as brought down curtains on his fabulous 15-year-long career in Colombo on Sunday.

The identity Sangakkara carved upon the sport and on the minds of the sport's followers, both in his country and across the world, has been distinct.

For the cricketing world, Sangakkara is calling time on his 15-year Test career but Yehali reveals that her husband is not done with cricket yet.

One of the most exquisitely engineered batting machines of his age, Kumar Sangakkara's charismatic, erudite presence also exuded a statesman-like quality in short supply among his contemporaries.

Sunil Fernando, Kumar Sangakkara's childhood coach, speaks exclusively to cricbuzz about the child prodigy that was Sanga and how he helped the left-hander get to where he is now.

After 15 glorious years of International cricket, Sri Lanka's run-machine Kumar Sangakkara is set to play his final match in the second Test against India in Colombo, starting Thursday.

NCC has produced a lot of top Lankan internationals, from former captains Michael Tissera, Aravinda de Silva, Ranjan Madugalle, Hashan Tillekaratne, to one of their finest, Kumar Sangakkara.

Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri led the Indian tributes for the retiring Sri Lankan legend, Kumar Sangakkara.