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Sri Lankan youth all -rounder Dunit Vella will be represented by his country, while he got the biggest shock of life, the death of his father. He returned to the field to serve the country and stayed, what the Indian captain did in this difficult time was not just a captain but like a messenger of humanity. By embracing Vellage, he showed the world that the game is not only the name of victory and defeat, but also to stand together.
Indian captain won the heart of crores of fans before defeating Pakistan in the final New Delhi. A moment came between the high speed and adventure of the Asia Cup, which touched millions of hearts. Even though the players are rivals on the field, when it comes to humanity, the boundaries do not matter. The Indian captain did that by seeing this human beings, seeing that everyone’s eyes became moist and crores of people considered him as the champion captain from Friday itself.
Learn Pakistan from Surya
Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav met Sri Lankan all-rounder Dunith Vellalage after a thrilling win in the last match of Super-4. During this, he embraced on seeing Vellalage. Dunith Vellalage’s father died on 18 September. This day this all -rounder of Sri Lanka was playing a match against Afghanistan. After the match, Sri Lankan head coach Sanath Jayasuriya informed Vellalaga. With this, Suryakumar Yadav met Dunith Vellalage. During this, Surya embraced Vellalage and consoled him.
How did the event happen
The father of Sri Lankan all -rounder Dunith Vellalage had a heart attack during the Sri Lanka and Afghanistan match on the night of 18 September. According to reports, after seeing the poor performance of Dunith Vellalage, he had a heart attack, due to which he died. In this match, in the last over of Afghanistan’s innings, Mohammad Nabi hit five consecutive sixes in an over of Vellalage. However, Sri Lanka won this match by 6 wickets and dropped Afghanistan out of the Asia Cup. Now India will take on Pakistan in the final match in Dubai, but this moment between Vellage and the Indian captain will always be remembered, a moment where cricket has won the victory of humanity.