Renowned as the flag-bearer of Sri Lanka before 2011, veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya has raised the bars of cricket during his time. He was a terror to the bowlers during those days, his amusing stats and records are the standing proofs of everything he has achieved in the field of cricket.

Now, this very legendary batsman is on news for the sad reasons. A picture of him walking on crutches has gone viral on the Internet. Jayasuriya, who is afraid to bowl with the stormy batting, is now forced to walk on his feet with the help of crooks. He can not walk without a crane. According to Sri Lanka’s media reports, Jayasurya is walking with the help of crutches, he is battling knees problem. Their knees will be operated soon.

Jayasuriya, who retired from cricket, was twice the chairman of the selection committee of the Sri Lankan Cricket Committee. In 2017 South Africa and India resigned from the post after the defeat of Sri Lanka in India. It is being said that Jayasuriya is going to have an early operation in Australia. As per the sources, he will be heading to Melbourne soon enough to get his legs treated.

His fear was that in the bowlers it was such that the line length of good bowlers was worsened. Talking about his record, he scored 6973 runs in 110 test matches at an average of 40 and scored 13000 thousand runs in 433 matches in 50 overs format.

Not only the normal formats, he has also played in T20 matches for Sri Lanka. Sanath Jayasuriya was the legendary batsmen for Sri Lanka and he put valuable contribution for his side. Sanath Jayasuriya was part of Mumbai Indians and even scored a century in the IPL.

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