10 most heartbreaking moments of the decade
The last 10 years had a lot of moments which made the fans shed tears.
5. Sangakkara’s smile in the background – India vs Sri Lanka, 2011 World Cup final
“Dhoni finishes off in style, a magnificent strike into the crowd, India lifts the World Cup after 28 years, the party begins in the dressing room” – These lines will be etched in the memory of Indian cricket lovers’ hearts forever, but at the same time, these lines will keep haunting the Lankan fans forever. They put up a great fight to make the final so interesting, but the trophy didn’t go their way.
Once Dhoni hit the winning run and went berserk with celebrations alongside Yuvraj Singh, there was one man in the background – the Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, just smiling. The gentleman’s dream was broken once again in the final hurdle, having suffered the same fate four years ago in 2007. But for him to have the generosity to accept the defeat with a smile left all the fans teary-eyed.
Watching him smile that way perhaps one of the saddest sights of the decade. While it epitomized the glorious human being he is, it also taught a lesson for so many kids on how to accept failures and keep moving on.
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