Shane Warne Passes Away: Victorian Premier announces state funeral Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced offered Shane Warne a state funeral to pay tribute to his enormous legacy, he said in a tweet post. Follow all the live updates on InsideSport.IN
Rest in peace, Warnie pic.twitter.com/fHyno14ybp
— Dan Andrews (@DanielAndrewsMP) March 4, 2022
Shane Warne Passes Away: Victorian Premier announces state funeral to pay tributes to Warne’s enormous legacy- Follow LIVE updates
The cricketing world is in complete shock after hearing the news of Shane Warne’s death. The legendary Australian leg-spinner left a deep impact in international cricket at the highest levels with his ingenuity and determination.
Warne unexpectedly passed away from a suspected heart attack aged just 52 on Friday. He was discovered unresponsive in a villa in Thailand by a friend who tried to revive him but sadly he was pronounced dead. It’s understood that Warne was on holiday with a group of mates and they became concerned when he didn’t show up for dinner.
His body was taken to the facility at 6 pm local time from Samujana Villas, a luxury resort in the northeast of Koh Samui, staff at the Thai International Hospital told AFP.
Shane Warne was one of the best leg-spinners to have embraced the game and was fondly known as ‘King of Spin’. Warne scalped 708 wickets in his illustrious career which spanned 145 Test matches.
Warne played 194 One Day Internationals for Australia in which he scalped 293 wickets. The right-hander was also handy with the bat as he scored 3,154 runs in his Test career. He amassed 1,018 runs in the 50-overs format.
The leg-spinner was known for his guile bowling and took a total of 1001 wickets. He became the first-ever bowler to scale the peak of 1,000 international wickets.
Shane Warne Passes Away: Victorian Premier announces state funeral to pay tributes to Warne’s enormous legacy- Follow LIVE updates
Warne had a huge fan following in India. He had played in the first four seasons of the Indian Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals and led his team to victory against the Chennai Super Kings in the final of the 2008 season.
Warne had a great friendship with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. In his recent documentary ‘Shane’, Tendulkar and Warne spoke about their mutual admiration.
In 2013, Warne was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
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