5 heroes of ICC World Cup 2015 whom we will dearly miss in World Cup 2019

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Nobody had expected Ab de Villiers to retire before the 2019 World Cup

#2 Kumar Sangakkara – Sri Lanka

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Sangakkara was Sri Lanka's highest run-scorer in the 2015 World Cup

Kumar Sangakkara scored 541 runs from 7 games in World Cup 2015, only six runs behind the highest run-getter, Martin Guptill, who scored 547 runs from 9 games. After making his international debut in 2000, the southpaw played 134 Tests, 404 ODIs and 56 T20Is, from which he scored 12400, 14234 and 1382 runs respectively.

On 27 June 2015, Sangakkara officially announced his retirement from Test cricket. He retired from Tests after the second Test match against India. In March 2017, he announced his retirement from first-class cricket as well.

"It's the last time I'll play a four-day game here. I'll be 40 in a few months, this is about the end of my time in county cricket,” he had said.

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