Ind vs SL: Both teams wear black armbands in memory of Shane Warne
In the ongoing first Test between India and Sri Lanka, both teams walked out on Day 2 wearing black armbands in memory of leg-spinner Shane Warne.
Warne passed away on Friday, aged 52 due to a suspected heart attack.India and Sri Lanka also observed a minute of silence before the start of the play to condole the demise of Warne and Rodney Marsh.
“A minute’s silence was observed before the start of play on Day 2 of the first Test for Rodney Marsh and Shane Warne who passed away yesterday.
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The Indian Cricket Team will also be wearing black armbands today,” an official statement from BCCI stated.
Warne was one of the most influential cricketers in history. He almost single-handedly reinvented the art of leg-spin when he burst onto the international scene in the early 1990s.
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By the time he retired from international cricket in 2007, he had become the first bowler to reach 700 Test wickets.
A central figure in Australia’s ICC Cricket World Cup triumph in 1999, when he was player of the match in both the semi-final.
The final, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack recognized Shane’s achievements by naming him as one of its Five Cricketers of the Twentieth Century.
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Warne finished his international career with 708 Test wickets and a further 293 in One-Day Internationals, placing him second in the list of all-time international wicket-takers behind his great friend and rival Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (1,347).
Shane also captained Australia in 11 One-Day Internationals, winning 10 and losing just once.
