article_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara bid farewell to the one-day game on March 18, disappointed with a World Cup quarter-final defeat and saying that Kumar Sangakkara was happy Sri Lanka were in a better place than when Kumar Sangakkara came into the side in 2000. '
article_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara plays a shot during Sri Lanka quarter final defeat at the World Cup .
article_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara scored four successive centuries before bowing out of the World Cup . '
article_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara, the elegant lefthander scored 45 runs against South Africa to take Kumar Sangakkara last the World Cup tournament tally to 541, including a record four successive centuries.
article_snippet.sent: The 37-year-old, who will continue playing Tests, has accumulated 14,234 one-day runs -- second only to Indian great Sachin Tendulkar -- and the greatest number of dismissals by a wicketkeeper.
article_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara will play for English county side Surrey this season.
article_snippet.sent: The 37-year-old waves to the crowd after losing to South Africa in Sydney .
highlights_snippet.sent: Kumar Sangakkara retired from one-day cricket after the World Cup .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sri Lanka were defeated in the quarter finals by South Africa .
  