{"id":13117,"date":"2025-06-17T06:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/06\/17\/rohit-sharma-cheers-on-angelo-mathews-in-his-final-test-journey\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:20:28","slug":"rohit-sharma-cheers-on-angelo-mathews-in-his-final-test-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/06\/17\/rohit-sharma-cheers-on-angelo-mathews-in-his-final-test-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma Cheers on Angelo Mathews in His Final Test Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rohit Sharma Sends Heartfelt Wishes to Angelo Mathews on His Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Star Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Angelo Mathews as the seasoned Sri Lankan all-rounder prepares to retire from Test cricket. Mathews is playing his final match against Bangladesh in Galle, wrapping up a remarkable career that has spanned 119 Test matches.<\/p>\n<p>At 38 years old, Mathews stands as Sri Lanka&#8217;s third-highest run scorer in Test history, boasting an impressive 8,167 runs at an average of 44.62. His record includes 16 centuries and 45 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma, who also leads the Indian ODI team, reminisced about their competitive spirit dating back to their under-19 days as he shared his good wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Rohit recorded a special message for Mathews, saying, \u201cHey Angie, congratulations on your fantastic Test career. Tomorrow marks your last Test match, and I wanted to wish you and the team the very best. We&#8217;ve had some great battles over the years since our under-19 days. You&#8217;ve been an incredible servant to your nation, and I know everyone back home appreciates everything you&#8217;ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he expressed his hopes for Mathews&#8217; next chapter, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a rare achievement what you\u2019ve done, so congratulations once more. I wish you and your family all the best for your retirement. Enjoy it, and we\u2019ll see you on the other side!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mathews has been pivotal in major moments for Sri Lanka, notably during their historic series win in England in 2014. He played a stellar innings of 160 and also took four wickets in a crucial second Test, helping secure a 100-run victory. His remarkable performance earned him both the Player of the Match and Player of the Series titles.<\/p>\n<p>As Mathews steps away from the longest format of the game, his contributions to Sri Lankan cricket will surely be remembered and celebrated for years to come.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohit Sharma Sends Heartfelt Wishes to Angelo Mathews on His Retirement Star Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Angelo Mathews as the seasoned Sri Lankan all-rounder prepares to retire from Test cricket. Mathews is playing his final match against Bangladesh in Galle, wrapping up a remarkable career that has spanned 119<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4992,15577,903,15576,15575],"class_list":{"0":"post-13117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-angelo-mathews","9":"tag-angelo-mathews-retirement","10":"tag-rohit-sharma","11":"tag-sl-vs-ban","12":"tag-sri-lanka-vs-bangladesh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}