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Kumar Sangakkara’s Twitter account hacked: Reactions

Kumar Sangakkara is playing for Surrey after his international retirement.

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Published: Sep 02, 2015, 06:58 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 03, 2015, 10:34 AM (IST)

Kumar Sangakkara scored four back-to-back centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 © Getty Images
Kumar Sangakkara scored four back-to-back centuries in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 © Getty Images

The Twitter account former Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who retired from international cricket just a few days back was hacked but he was quick to realise that and immediately tweeted saying that his account was hacked. Sangakkara was in the middle of the County match for Surrey against Derbyshire. The person who hacked his Twitter handle posted an obscene photo, which Sangakkara deleted as soon as he found out about the incident. Sangakkara bid an emotional farewell to his fans across the world after Sri Lanka lost the second Test against India by 278 runs at the P Sara Oval at Colombo. He will however continue to play for Surrey for another year, after which his contract with the English club will expire. READ: Kumar Sangakkara’s Twitter account hacked, tweets obscene picture

 

 

 

Sangakkara has played 134 Tests, 405 ODIs and 56 T20Is. He has scored 12,400 Tests runs, 14234 ODI runs and 1382 runs. His highest score in Tests is 319. He finished his Test career with a batting average of 57.40. Sangakkara went on to score 38 hundreds and 52 half-centuries in his Test career. He retired from ODIs post ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Sangakkara led the team to ICC World Cup 2011 final, where the team lost to India.