Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds was killed in a car crash on Sunday and the cricket fraternity is in shock on hearing the tragic news. The 46-year-old Symonds played 26 Tests, 14 T20Is and 198 ODIs for Australia and had the knack of changing the complexion of the game within minutes. Symonds was quite popular in India for the brand of cricket he played, and it is no surprise that several Indian cricketers were among the first ones to condole his death.
As per cricket.com.au, Queensland Police are investigating the car crash that took place at Hervey Range, about 50km from Townsville.
Indian cricket stars such as Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman took to Twitter to pay their tribute to Symonds.
Along with skills with the bat and ball, Symonds was a gun fielder as well and was a member of Australia's 50-over World Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2007.
The right-handed batter represented Queensland for 17 seasons in domestic cricket and talking about County, he represented Gloucestershire, Kent, Lancashire and Surrey.
In the Indian Premier League, Symonds played for the Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians.
Symonds played his first international game (ODI) in 1998 but had to wait six more years to play a Test match.