India, Sri Lanka cricketers wear black armbands, hold minute's silence in Shane Warne's memory
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India and Sri Lanka players wore black armbands on Day 2 of the first Test in Mohali in memory of Shane Warne and Rod Marsh, who passed away on Friday.
India and Sri Lanka players observed a minute's silence and wore black armbands on Day 2 of the first Test in Mohali in memory of former Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Rod Marsh, who passed away on Friday.
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. The Indian Cricket Team will also be wearing black armbands today.@Paytm #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/VnUzuqwArC
"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. The Indian Cricket Team will also be wearing black armbands today," BCCI tweeted.
Warne's sudden death on Friday brought an outpouring of grief from cricket fans all around the world.
Warne made an underwhelming Test debut against India in Sydney in 1992 but quickly rose to become a key figure across all formats during one of the greatest sustained periods of dominance by any team in world cricket.
He had accumulated career figures of 1/335 by the time he was asked to bowl during the second innings of his third test, against Sri Lanka in '92, and he finished the match by taking three wickets without conceding a run in 13 deliveries to secure an unlikely, narrow victory.
Warne was often given the ball when Australia was in trouble or desperate for a wicket, and so often he was able to turn matches around with a mesmerizing spell of bowling.
