Kumar Sangakkara struck a magnificent 166 as Surrey posted 300-5 and Jade Dernbach alongside Tom Curran both showed ice cold temperaments with the ball as the visitors fell short of their target despite a century as the game went down to the final delivery.

As the stage bid adieu to the celebrated son, the vibrant crowd gathered in numbers at the P.Sara to see the prodigy in his final bow in white clothing with the famous number ‘84’ printed close to his chest.

The retired batting great, Kumar Sangakkara expressed his thoughts on how he will spend his time with the family and about his transformation to a world-class player from a good player during his final press conference as an international cricketer.

Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara will be playing the final Test of his career when India and Sri Lanka meet at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo for the second Test. Even before the start of the Test series when Sangakkara had announced his retirement, tributes and good wishes had started pouring to hail the Lankan legend.