Kumar Sangakkara’s emotional moments with wife Yehali and family at felicitation ceremony after second Test

Kumar Sangakkara kisses his wife Yehali during the felicitation ceremony for the retiring left-hander. (Source: Reuters)

Yehali was present in the stadium on all five days and was in the row in the 'Sanga box'. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara with his daughters, wife and father at the ceremony. (Source: Reuters)

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena presents a special memento to Kumar Sangakkara. (Source: Reuters)

Sri Lanka players carry Kumar Sangakkara on their shoulders for a lap of the ground. (Source: Reuters)

India Test skipper Virat Kohli congratulates Kumar Sangakkara. (Source: AP)

India Team Director Ravi Shastri congratulates and wishes Sangakkara luck for the second innings. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara walks back to the pavilion after being dismissed for 18 in his final Test innings on Sunday. Sangakkara's Test career came to an end after the second Test against India. (Source: AP)

Kumar Sangakkara had announced before the series that the second Test would be his last. In the first Test at Galle, the stadium where it all started, Sangakkara scored five in the first innings. (Source: AP)

The elegance of Kumar Sangakkara was on display in the first Test but only for a short period of time as Sangakkara failed to get going. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara acknowledges the crowd after it gave him a standing ovation after he was dismissed in the first innings. (Source: AP)

In the second innings, Kumar Sangakkara got going. He got a decent start and that straight drive was just a treat watch. (Source: AP)

Kumar Sangakkara made 40 in the second innings and showed some of his typical shots which left the crowd mesmerised. (Source: AP)

Ravichandran Ashwin once again dismissed Kumar Sangakkara in the first Test. His last innings at the ground where he played his first ended for 40. (Source: Reuters)

Virat Kohli went upto Kumar Sangakkara after the latter was dismissed in the second innings. (Source: AP)

Sri Lanka won the first Test after an incredible turnaround which saw India lose the match by 63 runs. Kumar Sangakkara and Virat Kohli greet each other after Sri Lanka's win. (Source: AP)

Sri Lanka gave the champion Kumar Sangakkara a victory lap at the Galle. Sangakkara started his Test career in July 2000 against South Africa from the same ground. Against India, he played his last Test at Galle. (Source: AP)

Kumar Sangakkara was applauded by the Galle crowd and his Sri Lankan teammates. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara was felicitated by BCCI before the start of second Test in Colombo. BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur gave away a memento to Sangakkara before the start of the Test. (Source: PTI)

Kumar Sangakkara was given a guard of honour before he took the field in the second Test. (Source: AP)

The Indian team also gave Kumar Sangakkara a guard of honour as he walked out to bat in the first innings of his final Test. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara shakes hands with India captain Virat Kohli as the Indian team stands for the guard of honour for Sangakkara. (Source: Reuters)

After getting a good start, Kumar Sangakkara was out for 32 in the penultimate innings of his career. Once again, it was R Ashwin who dismissed him. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara's farewell Test saw big hoarding and banners thanking the Sri Lankan legend. One such hoarding at the P'Sara Oval on Day 4 of the second Test. (Source: Reuters)

Kumar Sangakkara fielding during the Indian innings on Day 4. (Source: Reuters)

India declared their innings at 325/8, giving Sri Lanka a 413-run target to win the Test. Kumar Sangakkara walked out to bat on Day 4 for one last time in his career. The Indian team once again greeted the legend with a guard of honour. (Source: Reuters)

It was no fairytale ending for Kumar Sangakkara as he was dismissed for 18 in his last Test innings for Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli walked upto him to congratulate for an incredible 15-year-old career. (Source: AP)

Indian players also congratulated Kumar Sangakkara for an exceptional career of 134 Tests in which he score 12400 runs. He also has 38 hundreds and 50 fifties. (Source: Reuters)

The image defines the emotions of every cricket fan. Kumar Sangakkara leaves the field while the indomitable Sri Lankan fan Percy Abeysekera sees him off as he has done with every other Sri Lankan great that has retired over the years. (Source: Reuters)