We are alive today because the bus driver showed wisdom, Kumar Sangakkara

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has once again called the driver who rescued him during the attack on his bus in Lahore a hero. Recalling the March 3, 2009 incident, he said: "We were on our way to Gaddafi Stadium by bus as usual. Sangakkara was the captain of his team at the time. He said that the players chatted with each other while traveling in the car. Were.

In an interview, he said that one of our fast bowlers was saying that the wicket is too flat, I don't think I should have a stress fracture, that player was saying during gossip that I wish there was a bomb blast. Let's go back home, Sangakkara revealed that just 20 seconds after this player's talk was over, suddenly there were gunshots, we thought someone was setting off fireworks, so one of the players fired. "Lie down, the attackers are hitting the bus", Tilakartne Dilshan was sitting in front, I was sitting in the middle, Mahela Jayawardene and Murali Dharan were behind me, Murali Dharan Thelan Samaraweera's voice of pain I can hear, I remember opener Tharanga was also in front, we were hiding in the middle of the bus seats, the attackers fired several shots at the bus, threw grenades and used rocket launchers, I do not know we How did they survive, Thilan was injured, I also had several pieces of iron etc. on my shoulder, Ajantha Mendis was also injured, Tharang He was bleeding from his chest and in the meanwhile he fell down that maybe he was shot, we could hear the sounds of each other running in pain, unfortunately all the people working on our security were killed, it was very It was a painful process, the assailants tried to hit our driver many times, he was a child many times, he was our real hero, we survived only because he was alive and he survived us from there. Brought out