I lost a true and great friend: M. Salimullah Shaikh

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Airport Gymkhana CC President M. Salimullah Shaikh with Bandula Warnapura

The following is an extract of the statement released by Airport Gymkhana Cricket Club Karachi, Pakistan President M. Salimullah Shaikh, on the death of Bandula Warnapura.

I got a message that one of my dearest friends in Sri Lanka, first Test captain of Sri Lanka Bandula Warnapura, had died in a local hospital. Being a close friend of mine, I was deeply saddened by his death. I pray that Allah may grant the strength to the family to bear his loss. People of Sri Lanka and cricket lovers will always feel his absence. Sri Lanka also lost a gentleman sports hero.

His services will always be remembered throughout the world. Being the President of the Airport Gymkhana CC, Karachi all the members of the managing committee and I express our deep sorrow. Former Test cricketers of the club Aftab Baloch, Jalal-ud-Din, Rashid Khan, Rizwan-uz-Zaman and Asif Mujtaba also expressed their condolences.

The cricket world that Bandula Warnapura left behind