Sangakkara & Jayawardene furious over the 2011 World Cup final being fixed, sought evidence

Sri Lanka, captained by Kumar Sangakkara in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup, India led by Dhoni won the second World Cup title after 28 years by defeating Sri Lanka. Now, Sri Lanka's former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamge has raised questions on this final match and said World Cup final 2011 was fixed. He has claimed that the match against India was deliberately lost to Sri Lanka's team.

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Following this claim, former Sri Lankan cricket team captain Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have been infuriated and have now asked the former Sports Minister to ask for evidence to prove it. In fact, the former Sports Minister has claimed that the 2011 ODI World Cup was sold by Sri Lanka to India and the match played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium was fixed.

Former Sri Lankan Sports Minister while talking to News First said that the one-day World Cup final match played in 2011 was fixed. This happened when I was the Sports Minister and I stand by my statement. He said that it was a match in which the Sri Lankan team could win, but keeping in mind the value of their country, I do not want to disclose much.

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He further said that I take full responsibility for this statement given by me and am ready to debate on this matter with anyone. I will not include the players in this, but some groups were definitely involved in fixing this match. At the same time, Kumar Sangakkara, who was the captain of the team at that time, said that there is no need to speculate and can go to the bottom of the case to investigate it. The course of action must be correct.

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