Mumbai Indians share memories of Andrew Symonds

Fivetime Indian Premier League IPL champions Mumbai Indians shared their memories with Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds who died in a car crash in Queensland on Saturday46yearsold Symonds played a starring role in Australias 2003 and 2007 World Cup wins and was a mainstay in the ODI side under Ricky Pontings captaincy Aggressive and flamboyant Symonds was tailormade for the T20 format and was involved in the IPL from its inaugural seasonRoy as he was fondly called represented Australia in all formats from 1998 to 2009 and earned the reputation of being a player who always gave it his all with the bat with the ball and in the fieldThe entire cricketing fraternity has been in mourning over the loss of one of the greatest allrounders of this generationAfter his time with Deccan Chargers Symonds joined Mumbai Indians in 2011 and created some lasting memories in the Blue and Gold Symonds played 11 matches for MI and scored 135 runs at an average of 3375 His highest score of 44 not out came against his former side Deccan Chargers as his quickfire knock led the team to a 37run win Symonds was also a part of our Champions League T20 winning squad of 201112 and will always be fondly remembered for his contribution to MI Mumbai Indians said in a statementLegendary cricketer matchwinner amp a great human being httpstcoDBKeGlOb0umdash Mumbai Indians mipaltan May 15 2022Earlier in the day Symonds former Mumbai Indians teammate Sachin Tendulkar tweeted Andrew Symonds demise is shocking news for all of us to absorb Not only was he a brilliant allrounder but also a livewire on the field I have fond memories of the time we spent together in Mumbai Indians May his soul rest in peace condolences to his family and friendsAndrew Symondrsquos demise is shocking news for all of us to absorb Not only was he a brilliant allrounder but also a livewire on the field I have fond memories of the time we spent together in Mumbai Indians May his soul rest in peace condolences to his family amp friends pictwittercomQnUTEZBbsDmdash Sachin Tendulkar sachin_rt May 15 2022Symonds always played the game in the Aussie way giving his everything on the field and never backing down from a challenge Cricket truly lost a modernday great today Youll be deeply missed Roy added the MI statementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever