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Sangakkara, wounded in 2009, makes poignant return to Pak attack scene

Sangakkara is captaining England's venerable MCC for four games in Lahore, where he was wounded in a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team that left eight people dead in March 2009

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Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara addresses a news conference in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara addresses a news conference in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020

Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara will relive his fateful 2009 journey to Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Friday after returning for the first time since the deadly attack which plunged Pakistan into cricket isolation.

Sangakkara is captaining England's venerable MCC for four games in Lahore, where he was wounded in a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team that left eight people dead in March 2009.
International cricket is only now returning to Pakistan, who hosted Sri Lanka late last year for their first home Test series since the guns-and-rocket attack.

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